In March 2019, federal agents raided Malinek's home in Cicero and found 19 adults and 14 children residing there, according to the federal complaint.
CHICAGO – An Illinois woman accused of keeping 33 people from Guatemala in her basement pleaded guilty Tuesday to a federal labor trafficking charge.
Malinek, who is a U.S. citizen from Guatemala, admitted that she assisted 10 immigrants with illegally entering the U.S. from 2009 to 2019, according to the attorney's office. Federal officials also discovered a ledger where Malinek kept track of the amount her victims owed. The ledger included the line "you are free to leave or stay after the debt has been paid," according to the complaint.
The victim said Malinek verbally abused them and set up a list of"rules" on the back of the door leading out of the basement, according to the complaint. One of the rules stated that the basement had to be clean before everyone left for work or the victims would have to pay a fine. Another rule stipulated that the victims would be assigned to cleaning the house in separate shifts.
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