Abdelkader Amal, Alien Harboring, Virginia 2010

Alexandria couple Abdelkader and Hnia Amal are facing serious charges after allegedly holding a Moroccan national in their home for three years.

According to a federal complaint filed in the Eastern District of Virginia, the defendants concealed, harbored and shielded the woman from detection in their home in Alexandria, Va., from December 2007 until December 2010.

The complaint alleges that Hnia Amal had the Moroccan national work for her commercial cleaning company, cleaning various residential and commercial properties. As further alleged in the complaint, the defendants unlawfully brought the Moroccan national into the United States on a visa they procured based on false representations that the Moroccan national would be employed as a domestic servant for a different employer.

The defendants allegedly benefitted financially by paying the Moroccan national only $9,000 for over three years of full-time work in their home and for Hnia Amal’s commercial cleaning company.

If convicted, Abdelkader and Hnia Amal could face a statutory maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

A complaint is merely an accusation, and the defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

This case is being investigated by the FBI – Washington Field Office and the U.S. Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service. The case is being prosecuted by Special Assistant U.S. Attorney C. Alexandria Bogle of the Eastern District of Virginia and Trial Attorney Matthew Grady of the Civil Rights Division’s Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit.

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