This is a joint investigation with the FBI, IRS–CI, and the Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS). United States v. Monica Morgan (E.D. Michigan) Mozambique Labor Trafficker Sentenced for Visa Fraud On June 20, 2018, Nelia Angelina Mulembwe, 37, residing in Plano, Texas, was sentenced to 6 months in prison and ordered to pay more than $100,000 in restitution to the victim, a Mozambique national. In February 2018, Mulembwe pled guilty to one count of fraud and misuse of visas, permits, and other documents.

This is a joint investigation with the FBI, IRS–CI, and the Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS). United States v. Monica Morgan (E.D. Michigan) 

Mozambique Labor Trafficker Sentenced for Visa Fraud


On June 20, 2018, Nelia Angelina Mulembwe, 37, residing in Plano, Texas, was sentenced to 6 months in prison and ordered to pay more than $100,000 in restitution to the victim, a Mozambique national. In February 2018, Mulembwe pled guilty to one count of fraud and misuse of visas, permits, and other documents. Mulembwe employed the Mozambique national as a nanny and housekeeper in Mozambique. In 2015, Mulembwe applied for a visa for the victim to accompany Mulembwe and her children to the United States. Mulembwe falsely represented the victim as a student who would travel to the United States for a month-long visit. However, after arriving in the United States in October 2015, the victim stayed in Mulembwe’s apartment, where she slept on an air mattress on the floor in the children’s room and worked constantly with no time off until agents from DOL OIG and the FBI intervened in June 2017. 

While being held captive, the victim’s family in Mozambique received approximately $70 per month while the victim received no compensation for her services.