Six Members of a Former Cult Convicted of Forced Labor Conspiracy Charges in Years-Long Scheme that Included Multiple Minors
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Religious cult leaders convicted of forcing children into unpaid labor
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High-ranking members of the United Nation of Islam, a cult based in Kansas, were convicted of forcing dozens of people, even minors as young as 8, to work.
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Prosecutors said the group, which was labeled a cult by a federal judge in 2018, beat children and imposed severe dietary restrictions.
Six members of a Kansas cult convicted after forcing kids to work 16 hours a day or face ‘eternal hellfire’
Victims’ food and water intake was so heavily policed that a girl drank water from a toilet because she was thirsty, the federal prosecutors said
Convicted Kansas cult members forced children to work 16 hour days, beat them
Former members of a Kansas cult have been convicted of conspiracy after federal prosecutors said they forced children to work 16-hour days.
Kansas City, Kansas, 'cult’ leaders convicted in scheme that forced kids to work without pay
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