A former federal agent from the Bay Area pleaded guilty to lying about a sexual relationship with a victim who testified in a human trafficking case, prosecutors said.
According to U.S. Attorney Phillip Talbert's office, 44-year-old Melissa Saurwein of Martinez admitted to one count of making a false statement in connection with the relationship. Saurwein formerly served as a special agent with Homeland Security Investigations in Northern California.Job Torres Hernandez
Prosecutors in Torres' trial showed evidence that he recruited most of his workers from Mexico, paid them far less than he promised, threatened to have them deported when they complained, and kept some of them in squalid conditions in a warehouse in Hayward.
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