Broussard et al. v. Maples et al. (Maples Industries Class Action)

This is a RICO class action brought against the owners, officers and human resource managers at Maples Industries, Inc. (located in Scottsboro, Alabama) for hiring illegal aliens and for falsely attesting on I-9 Forms that illegal aliens presented genuine work authorization documents. This class action is brought on behalf of all the legally authorized, hourly paid workers at Maples Industries, Inc., from 2005 through the present, to compensate them for the “wage depression” (i.e. below market wages) caused by the Defendants’ illegal hiring practices.

If you are a former or current worker of Maples, you may be part of this class action. Please contact us if you have any information about the issues below:

1. Hiring workers who have previously been employed at Maples under different names;
2. Hiring workers who are known to the HR staff to be in the U.S. illegally and using false documents;
3. Hiring workers who cannot speak English while claiming to be U.S. Citizens;
4. Falsely completing I-9 Forms;
5. Coaching illegal aliens at the time of hire to claim a high numbers of dependents on their tax forms in order to reduce tax withholding;
6. Firing illegal workers after learning about this case;
7. Raids/fines by INS or the Department of Homeland Security;
8. Illegal aliens purchasing fake documents; and
9. Illegal aliens paying money “under the table” to obtain jobs at the Plant

Even if you are not part of the class, if you have information that can help our case, please contact us immediately.