The FBI is investigating the owner of three suburban Kyoto Japanese Steakhouse restaurants, alleging he housed at least a dozen undocumented immigrants in “substandard” living conditions and had them driven to and from his restaurants to work illegally, according to new court filing in U.S. District Court in Detroit.
Prosecutors allege the businessman let the undocumented immigrants live in his Royal Oak and Shelby Township homes rent-free, in exchange for them working in his restaurants, where they allegedly worked 12-hour days.
These allegations are spelled out in a Nov. 12 forfeiture filing in which federal prosecutors say the government has seized a van, a minivan and a sports utility vehicle, all of which were used in an alleged immigration scheme involving two Kyoto Japanese Steakhouse restaurants in Shelby Township and one in Royal Oak. The FBI also has seized more than $14,000 in cash allegedly tied to this scheme, the court filing states…