The workers were brought to the United States under the federal H2-A visa program , which places foreign workers on U.S. farms . Indictment unsealed in Hawaii accuses employees of a California-based company . 400 people were lured from Thailand with promises of lucrative jobs , the indictment says . The defendants are accused of recruiting workers through ads on Craigslist and other websites that promised to pay them as little as $8 an hour for their labor at a factory owned by the Chinese firm Wanxi@@
Indictment unsealed in Hawaii accuses employees of a California-based company . 400 people were lured from Thailand with promises of lucrative jobs , the indictment says . The defendants are accused of recruiting workers through ads on Craigslist and other websites that promised to pay them as little as $8 an hour for their labor at a factory owned by the Chinese firm Wanxi@@