Wealthy L.A. Couple Sentenced for Human Trafficking
Los Angeles, Calif. (08/21/2017) – A wealthy Los Angeles couple has pled guilty to one count of human trafficking and one count of being an accessory after the fact, after being indicted by a grand jury. Astati Halim and Hendra Anwar, who previously pled guilty in federal court to misuse of visas and minimum wage violations, held three Indonesian immigrants as indentured servants, withheld their passports and paid them virtually nothing. The couple, who had initially pled not