Prosecutors say man forced tenants to work for him
Source: Chicago Tribune
Prosecutors say man forced tenants to work for him
Mentally handicapped renters were tortured, abused, authorities allege
By Jeremy Gorner and Steve Schmadeke, Chicago Tribune reporters
November 20, 2013
Abdullah "Alex" Alkhatib knew something was wrong when one of his workers showed up with a burn shaped like a knife blade on his face.
The manager of a South Side carryout spot called Wingz It Iz confronted the worker but was assured the burns were the result of an accident that had happened at a party. But later when Alkhatib heard the man's roommate had come in with a nearly identical burn, he took the worker aside again.
The man broke down in tears and told him of horrific abuse, said Alkhatib, who insisted the worker call Chicago police.
Alkhatib's actions led authorities to uncover what they said was a shocking modern-day example of forced servitude — a South Side landlord who allegedly used torture, including inflicting burns with a heated butcher's knife, along with beatings and threats to keep two tenants working for him even as he took every cent the two men made.
Read more: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-involuntary-servitude-charges-met-20131120,0,3509116.story
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... This is a despicable example of it. Another name for it is Psychopathy or Sociopathy. 
... working for pennies a day.
Yay capitalism ... 