The paperwork Brown submitted to show he had completed community labor is "at best sloppy documentation and at worst fraudulent reporting, " District Attorney Jackie Lacey said.
Aside from the retailer's gross margin of 35%, the biggest component of cost is labor: Even when a Mille is 99% completed, the tiniest flaw can cause it to be rejected.
On a wide scale as ICE has completed an assault on suspicious business, as illegal labor has been caught, those jobs have rapidly been filled by authorized individuals.