Arabi Man Sentenced for Harboring Illegal Aliens
| U.S. Attorney’s Office May 21, 2009 |
ABDUL RAHMAN KHAN, age 55, a resident of Arabi and Baton Rouge, Louisiana was sentenced yesterday in federal court by U. S. District Judge Ivan L. R. Lemelle to five (5) years probation for harboring five illegal aliens on property he owned in St. Bernard Parish, announced U. S. Attorney Jim Letten. Additionally, Judge Lemelle ordered the defendant to pay $13,000 fine and recommended that the defendant perform 150 hours of community service.
According to court documents, between December 15, 2006, and July 25, 2008, KHAN permitted five aliens to stay on his land in a trailer at 7501 W. Judge Perez Drive and 100 Ocelot Drive and 1313 Perrin Drive in St. Bernard in exchange for rent payments. These aliens were employed by KHAN and worked on repairing property he owned post-Katrina.
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The prosecution was handled by Assistant United States Attorneys W. Scott Laragy and Michael W. Magner.