Plumbing Business Employed Hundreds of Illegal Workers
Key Highlights
- The couple employed approximately 253 workers, with only six legally authorized
- Their business, Orduna Plumbing, generated around $74 million in revenue across multiple states, including Michigan, New York, North Carolina, and Ohio
- Moises and Raquel Orduna-Rios were arrested and appeared in federal court in Detroit
As reported by the ABC affiliate WXYZ Detroit, a couple from Plymouth, MI, Moises Orduna-Rios, 36, and Raquel Orduna-Rios, 30, have been arrested and charged with (among other crimes) conspiracy, transporting and harboring unauthorized aliens for commercial advantage of private gain, engaging in a pattern or practice of employing unauthorized aliens, money laundering and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
Moises and Raquel operated Orduna Plumbing, Inc., a national company based in Michigan with operations in New York, North Carolina, Michigan and Ohio. From the WXYZ website:
The feds say that between January 2022 and December 2024, the couple employed around 253 people, of which only six were legally present and allowed to work in the US.
According to the complaint, the defendants collected the passports of the workers and housed them in overcrowded houses and hotel rooms.
Between Jan. 1, 2022 and Aug. 7, 2025, feds say the plumbing company generated around $74 million in customer revenue.
The couple made an appearance in federal court in Detroit and were released on conditions. They are expected to appear in the Western District of New York federal court in December.