Three top executives at a nationwide cleaning service were named in a federal grand jury indictment released last week.  The 23 count felony charges for the three Florida residents include harboring undocumented immigrants for profit, as well as conspiracy to defraud the United States .  The defendants, who did business as Rosenbaum-Cunningham International, Inc. (RCI) from 1997 until the present are Richard M. Rosenbaum, 60, of Longwood , Fla. ; Edward Scott Cunningham, 43, of West Palm Beach , Fla. ; and Christina A. Flocken, 59, of Longwood , Fla.   The immigrants, nearly 200 in number, were arrested in 17 states at 63 locations – including the Hard Rock Café, ESPN Zone, Planet Hollywood, Dave & Busters and the House of Blues restaurants.   

According to the Washington Times, the indictments have been part of a series of ICE raids that in the past 10 months that have led to the arrests of approximately 2,500 undocumented immigrants in six states. The two largest ICE raids in recent months have been at the locations of Swift & Co., and IFCO Systems North America.  

Cecelia Munoz, senior vice president of the National Council of La Raza, applauded the government’s targeting of the RCI officials.  Munoz, whose organization had called upon the Bush administration to root out opportunistic employers who exploit migrant laborers, said that it was “the kind of immigration enforcement” the country needed.  “By the sound of it, these employers, were taking outrageous advantages of these workers,” she said of RCI.  

According to the indictment, RCI, which is licensed in Nevada , operated a cleaning and maintenance service that contracted with theme restaurant chains throughout the United States .  

A press release by the ICE says that Mr. Rosenbaum, Mr. Cunningham and Mrs. Flocken spent nearly $34 million of the firm’s revenue to operate RCI and divided the rest, almost $20 million, amongst themselves.  The trio also masked the true nature of their activities, creating several shell companies and bank accounts to hide these excess funds from the Internal Revenue Service.  

If convicted, the RCI officials face 15 years in prison and $18 million in restitution fees.