Guilty: Charleroi, PA, Staffing Agency Harbored Illegals and Used Them to Staff U.S. Companies
Well, that thing we’re constantly told never happens—happened again. Just like election fraud, which the Dems swear is a total non-issue in the US, we’re also supposed to believe that illegals flooding across the border isn’t a problem. According to the left, it’s all rainbows and lollipops. Only—it’s not. The truth is, it’s a massive racket, from sex trafficking to illegal workers being treated like modern-day slaves, while Americans lose out—again—on much-needed jobs.
That’s exactly what happened with a staffing agency in Pennsylvania, which just pleaded guilty to harboring illegals and pimping them out to businesses for cheap labor.
The owner of a Charleroi staffing agency pleaded guilty Monday to multiple charges after officials said he harbored illegal aliens for financial gain.
In a release from the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western Pennsylvania District’s office, 28-year-old Andy Ha pleaded guilty after officials said he harbored illegal aliens for financial gain and failed to pay more than $3 million in employment taxes.
From Sept. 2022 to April 2024, the release said, Ha owned a temporary staffing agency called Prosperity Services Inc. The agency provided workers to companies in the Charleroi, Pennsylvania area.
And of course, the company’s owner also threw tax fraud into the mix. As WTAE reports:
As part of the business, the staffing agency owner paid for more than 25 workers who were not legally authorized to work in the United States, the release said. He paid the workers to stay in a former hotel and paid for business vans to take them to and from work.
Ha also provided Prosperity’s tax return preparer with spreadsheets listing only workers who were legally authorized to be and work in the United States.
Should this guilty plea really come as a surprise? After all, back in September, word spread like wildfire that illegal Haitians in Pennsylvania were being bussed to and from factories for work.
Well, that thing we’re constantly told never happens—happened again. Just like election fraud, which the Dems swear is a total non-issue in the US, we’re also supposed to believe that illegals flooding across the border isn’t a problem. According to the left, it’s all rainbows and lollipops. Only—it’s not. The truth is, it’s a massive racket, from sex trafficking to illegal workers being treated like modern-day slaves, while Americans lose out—again—on much-needed jobs.
That’s exactly what happened with a staffing agency in Pennsylvania, which just pleaded guilty to harboring illegals and pimping them out to businesses for cheap labor.
The owner of a Charleroi staffing agency pleaded guilty Monday to multiple charges after officials said he harbored illegal aliens for financial gain.
In a release from the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western Pennsylvania District’s office, 28-year-old Andy Ha pleaded guilty after officials said he harbored illegal aliens for financial gain and failed to pay more than $3 million in employment taxes.
From Sept. 2022 to April 2024, the release said, Ha owned a temporary staffing agency called Prosperity Services Inc. The agency provided workers to companies in the Charleroi, Pennsylvania area.
And of course, the company’s owner also threw tax fraud into the mix. As WTAE reports:
As part of the business, the staffing agency owner paid for more than 25 workers who were not legally authorized to work in the United States, the release said. He paid the workers to stay in a former hotel and paid for business vans to take them to and from work.
Ha also provided Prosperity’s tax return preparer with spreadsheets listing only workers who were legally authorized to be and work in the United States.
Should this guilty plea really come as a surprise? After all, back in September, word spread like wildfire that illegal Haitians in Pennsylvania were being bussed to and from factories for work.
Incredible footage revealing an operation in Charleroi, PA where Haitians are being bussed to and from food factories operated by Fourth Street Foods. It’s estimated that 90% of workers are now made up of Haitians. Kamala imported 2,000 Haitians into this town of 4,000 people and now they’re taking American jobs.
Now, after being mocked and ridiculed for claiming Haitians were being bussed to work in Pennsylvania, it turns out we were right. This PA company was harboring illegals and farming them out to companies, likely for cheap labor.
This is what happens when so-called “conspiracy theories” turn out to be true. And lately, that seems to be happening faster than ever.
BREAKING: owner of Charleroi, PA staffing agency pleads guilty to harboring illegal aliens and using them to staff companies. When I tweeted that illegals were being bussed around to jobs in Charleroi, I was attacked by the local state Rep and the media. I won’t hold my breath waiting for an apology from them.
Here’s the DOJ press release:
Owner of Charleroi Staffing Agency Pleads Guilty to Harboring Illegal Aliens for Financial Gain and Failing to Pay More Than $3 Million in Employment Taxes
PITTSBURGH, Pa. – A resident of Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of harboring illegal aliens for financial gain and failing to pay employment taxes, Acting United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced today.
Andy Ha, 28, pleaded guilty to two counts before United States District Judge Cathy Bissoon. Ha was charged by a two-count Information filed with the Court on January 28, 2025.
In connection with the guilty plea, the Court was advised that, from September 2022 to April 2024, Ha owned a temporary staffing agency called Prosperity Services, Inc., that provided workers to companies in the Charleroi, Pennsylvania, area. As part of his business, Ha paid for more than 25 workers who were not legally authorized to be in the United States to stay in a former hotel, and his business paid for vans to transport those workers to and from their work. In addition, Ha provided Prosperity’s tax return preparer with spreadsheets listing only workers who were legally authorized to be and work in the United States. That information, in turn, was reflected on the company’s quarterly employment tax returns, representing less than 10% of the actual total number of workers employed by Prosperity. Ha then also signed those returns, knowing them to be false and causing a tax loss of at least $3.1 million.
“The defendant broke the law by harboring and employing individuals not authorized to be in the United States,” said Acting United States Attorney Rivetti. “In addition, defendant Ha cost the U.S. government millions of dollars through his failure to pay taxes related to his business. Our office and our law enforcement partners at all levels will continue to ensure that those who seek to profit from the employment of such workers, and who fail to pay taxes, face appropriate consequences under the law.”
“Business owners have a responsibility to file accurate quarterly employment tax returns and to timely remit withholding taxes for their employees to the Internal Revenue Service,” said Special Agent in Charge Yury Kruty, IRS-Criminal Investigation, Philadelphia Field Office. “The failure to do so is a serious offense.”
“This investigation highlights the commitment of HSI Pittsburgh to protecting our communities from those who seek to exploit undocumented workers for their personal gain,” said Special Agent in Charge of HSI Philadelphia Edward V. Owens. “Andy Ha and his business sought to profit off of the immigrant community. I commend the dedicated prosecutors in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania and our partners at the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation division and Pennsylvania State Police. Together, we will continue to work to ensure that such illegal activities are met with the full force of the law.”
Judge Bissoon scheduled sentencing for July 22, 2025. The law provides for a total maximum sentence of up to five years in prison, a fine of up to $250,000 or twice the gain from the offense, or both on the tax charge and up to 10 years in prison, a fine of up to $250,000 or twice the gain from the offense, or both on the harboring charge. Under the federal Sentencing Guidelines, the actual sentence imposed is based upon the seriousness of the offenses and the prior criminal history, if any, of the defendant.
Assistant United States Attorney William B. Guappone is prosecuting this case on behalf of the government.
The Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation, Homeland Security Investigations, and Pennsylvania State Police conducted the investigation that led to the prosecution of Ha.
This is the reality the left doesn’t want to admit—illegals flooding in, cheap labor rackets thriving, and hardworking Americans getting pushed aside. It’s not a conspiracy, and it’s not some wild theory, nor is it racist to talk about it—all of this and more is happening right now, in plain sight. And until real action is taken, this corrupt cycle will keep grinding on, with the same people getting rich while the rest of America pays the ultimate price.