Court documents obtained by WFAA reveal the victims were lured by the chance of a computer programming internship.
Princeton Police say they busted a labor trafficking ring, but an attorney for one of the four suspects says he’s seen no proof anyone was being forced to work.COLLIN COUNTY, Texas — Once the tip came in that something seemed off inside a home in Princeton, police acted fast.contacted the Princeton Police Department to report what a technician believed to be suspicious conditions inside a home on Ginsburg Lane.
At 4:51 p.m. that day, a judge signed a warrant giving police the green light to search that home. Police say the search led them to a home on Mattie Grey Lane in Melissa. That same day, four suspects were charged with human trafficking: Dwaraka Gunda, 31, and her husband Santhosh Katkoori, 31, of Melissa, Texas; Chandan Dasireddy, 24 of Melissa, Texas; and Anil Male, 37, of Prosper, Texas.According to the probable cause affidavit for Katkoori, police interviewed all 15 women found in the home in Princeton and told detectives Katkoori was “in charge.”
Katkoori would take out approximately 20 percent of the salary that came in until the “debt” was repaid, according to the affidavit.In a news release, police said they seized laptops, cell phones, printers, and fraudulent documents from multiple locations which helped them confirm details of the operations.
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