The Subway owners arrested following a lengthy investigation into human trafficking allegations have been sentenced in the case.
Amrutlal and Dakshben Patel will spend six months in federal prison after being charged with fours counts of harboring undocumented Indian nationals to work at Subway restaurants around Lexington.
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In May, Amrutlal asked for a motion to plead guilty.
Authorities raided the Patels’ home and their Subway restaurant on East Main Street – one of at least three Lexington restaurants co-owned by Amrutlal Patel and a relative – after allegations of human trafficking.
According to U.S. District Court records, the investigation began in August 2013 after an employee at Subway filed a report with Lexington police about some “bad things” happening to his coworkers.
The unidentified witness “provided information that Amrutlal Patel and his wife Dakshaben Patel and others known and unknown are ‘forcing’ four undocumented Indian citizens to work, and housing some of them in a hidden room located in the couple’s home,” the affidavit said.
