Today, ICE announced that Shipley Do-Nut Flour and Supply Company, a houston-based doughnut and catering company, was ordered to pay a criminal fine of $250,000 and forfeit $1.334 million to ICE for harboring undocumented workers.  The charges stemmed from a criminal investigation initiated by ICE in January 2008 which included interviews with former employees and a full audit of the company’s I-9 forms and SSA No-Match letters.

According to the press release, ICE agents administratively arrested 27 undocumented workers who lived in company-provided housing located at or near the warehouse. The agents also recovered 42 No-Match letters, which ICE claims placed the company “on notice” that the workers did not have valid Social Security numbers. The company subsequently plead guilty to the charges in September 2008.