It’s been a tough couple of weeks for doughnuts . . .

First, there was the “DOUGHNUTS = DEATH” campaign we reported on here. Now, a doughnut company has been hit with more than $1.5 million in penalties and criminal sanctions for hiring undocumented workers.

Shipley Do-Nut Flour and Supply Company was sentenced to three years of court supervision, as well as forfeiture of more than $1.3 million and a criminal fine of $250,000. Several of the company’s managers pled guilty and were sentenced to probation and thousands of dollars in fines.

The charges arose out of a 2008 ICE investigation that focused on I-9 compliance. ICE arrested more than two dozen workers employed by the company.

“ICE will hold employers and business accountable and will hit those who knowingly break the law where it hurts — the bottom line,” said ICE Assistant Secretary John Morton.

For more on ICE, I-9s and how to avoid a similar fate, click here and here.

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