Update : Wal-Mart Case Goes To Grand Jury
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
A grand jury in Pennsylvania is to go into
session tomorrow consider allegations that Wal-Mart used illegal
workers to clean floors at its stores.
Assistant Attorney Wayne Samuelson won`t discuss details of the
case, but says the grand jury is scheduled to meet. He says the
investigation will be a long one.
Grand juries meet in secret and can hand up indictments.
Wal-Mart spokeswoman Mona Williams said Wednesday that the
company is bound by federal rules surrounding grand jury secrecy
and could not comment. Earlier, the company acknowledged it was the
target of the investigation.
Janitorial companies hired by Wal-Mart were at the center of a
21-state sweep of 60 Wal-Mart stores on October 23rd. About 250
workers from 18 different countries were arrested, and ten of them
were employed by Wal-Mart itself.
