16-year-old Letitia Clemente left her parents corn farm in Mexico last year to learn English in America. She soon became one of 11 workers working 10-hour-days sewing counterfeit Izod, Fubu and NFL gear just to make ends meet. Meanwhile, the counterfeiters running the operation--Jung Ryu and his wife Ji Yung Ryu--sat comfortably in a $1.5 million home in Melville, Long Island. Read what happened to their College Point Factory here.
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Girl Who Came to U.S. for School Busted at Illegal Sweatshop (NY Daily News)
16-year-old Letitia Clemente left her parents corn farm in Mexico last year to learn English in America. She soon became one of 11 workers working 10-hour-days sewing counterfeit Izod, Fubu and NFL gear just to make ends meet. Meanwhile, the counterfeiters running the operation--Jung Ryu and his wife Ji Yung Ryu--sat comfortably in a $1.5 million home in Melville, Long Island. Read what happened to their College Point Factory here.
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