In one of the largest immigration-crime takedowns in recent memory, the owners of a Michigan-based plumbing company were hauled away in a sweeping federal sting after allegedly building their entire empire on nearly 250 illegal immigrants spread across four states—all while raking in more than $75 million off the backs of cheap, unlawful labor.According to federal investigators, this wasn’t some accidental paperwork mix-up. This was a deliberate, years-long criminal operation. The company allegedly recruited undocumented workers, shuffled them between job sites, housed them in company-controlled properties, and even transported them across state lines to keep the illegal workforce hidden. Agents say the owners went as far as falsifying documents and evading payroll and tax systems to mask the scale of the scheme.For years, the company undercut honest American businesses, winning contracts by exploiting illegal labor while legitimate contractors were forced to compete against an operation built on fraud. And because they were paying workers off the books and lying to the government, they were pocketing massive profits while taxpayers and law-abiding companies footed the bill.But their run ended when ICE moved in and shut the entire business down, executing what officials describe as a coordinated strike involving ICE Homeland Security Investigations, the IRS, and multiple state agencies. The arrests are just the beginning: prosecutors are now weighing charges ranging from harboring illegal aliens, immigration fraud, and tax evasion all the way up to labor exploitation and racketeering—charges that could put the owners away for decades.Authorities say this is only Phase One, with more indictments, asset seizures, and financial forfeitures expected as investigators unravel the full scope of the illegal network.Another example of what happens when the law is ignored, American workers get undercut, and greed replaces responsibility. Beloud