Texas couple ordered to pay enslaved nanny $121,000

[TexasTowelie]

HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston-area couple who pleaded guilty to federal charges related to forcing a Nigerian woman to work nearly 20 hours taking care of their home and five children without pay for two years was ordered Friday to pay her more than $121,000 in restitution.

Chudy Nsobundu, 57, and his wife Sandra Nsobundu, 49, also were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Nancy Atlas to seven months in jail and seven months of home confinement, plus three years on probation.

The naturalized U.S. citizens originally from Nigeria recruited the woman there with the promise of a $100 monthly wage. Instead, authorities say they abused her physically and verbally while she worked at their home in the Houston suburb of Katy from September 2013 to October 2015.

Chudy Nsobundu in 2016 pleaded guilty to visa fraud while his wife pleaded guilty to unlawful conduct with respect to documents in furtherance of forced labor.

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[tymorial]

1. They are going to prison for less time than they enslaved the woman?

7 months? Unbelievable.

[Javaman]

2. who wrote this article?

"A Houston-area couple who pleaded guilty to federal charges related to forcing a Nigerian woman to work nearly 20 hours taking care of their home and five children without pay for two years was ordered Friday to pay her more than $121,000 in restitution."

she only worked 20 hours over 2 years?

good grief, that has to be one of the worst sentences I have ever read.

[TexasTowelie]

3. I saw that also and was confused.

I guess that it meant that the woman worked 20 hours per day? That's the only way that I can see a nanny/maid would get $121K in restitution.