DOJ Secures Prison Sentences in Missouri Forced Labor and Immigration Abuse Case

The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Missouri announced that three St. Charles County residents were sentenced to federal prison in a forced labor case.

The sentencings follow guilty pleas entered by the three individuals in federal court.

Court records state the case involved forced labor and immigration abuses.

The case involved the employment of foreign nationals in the defendants' IT consulting business.

Satish Gujja, Prasad Kumar, and Santosh Giri were sentenced for their roles in the scheme.

Satish Gujja was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison, Prasad Kumar was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison, and Santosh Giri was sentenced to six months in prison.

A third St. Charles County man was sentenced following the earlier sentencing of the other two defendants.