Nigerian National Bidemi Bello Convicted on "Modern-Day Slavery Charges" of Two Women in her Upscale Georgia Homes

Bidemi Bello, a Nigerian citizen, convicted on charges she brought two women into the U.S. to serve as "modern-day slaves" in her upscale homes in Suwanee & Sugar Hill, Ga.

Bidemi Bello, a Nigerian citizen, was convicted on charges she brought two women into the U.S. from Nigeria to serve as modern-day slaves in her upscale Suwanee and Sugar Hill, Ga., homes. She was convicted on two counts of forced labor, two counts of trafficking for forced labor, one count of alien harboring, two counts of making false statements in a naturalization application and one count of "document servitude" for taking her victims passports and government documents to prevent them from leaving, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports. Bello recruited the women to work as nannies. Sentencing is scheduled for August 24 with U.S. District Judge Bill Duffey presiding. She faces a maximum of 20 years in prison on one count and up to 10 on others. She will be stripped of her U.S. citizenship and deported back to Nigeria when she has served her sentence.