Illegal alien gets 84 days Salvadoran woman hired by Bangor cleaning business

BANGOR – A woman from El Salvador who worked for a Bangor cleaning company was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court to 84 days in jail or time served for having a fake Social Security card.

Rubidia Nohemy Mejia, 20, of Bangor pleaded guilty earlier this year.

She faced up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.

Mejia, who is the country illegally, is expected to be turned over to immigration officials for deportation.

She was arrested on Jan. 8 at the Bangor home of Manuel Antonio Cornejo, 29, owner of the cleaning business for which she and other illegal aliens worked.

Mejia told investigators that she was distantly related to Cornejo.

Cornejo, a native of El Salvador, and who is an American citizen, pleaded guilty to harboring and employing illegal aliens in January. His cleaning business was hired as a subcontractor by a Danvers, Mass., firm to clean the floors of eight Hannaford supermarkets in Greater Bangor, Bucksport and Belfast.

Hannaford Bros. Co. has not been charged, according to court documents.

Cornejo, who is free on $10,000 unsecured bond, faces up to 10 years in federal prison and a fine of up to $250,000 for harboring illegal aliens and six month in prison and a fine of up to $3,000 per undocumented worker on the charge of unlawful employment of aliens.

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