United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted audits of three Denver cleaning companies, leading to more than $8 million in imposed fines. ICE investigators found 143 unauthorized foreign workers throughout the businesses during their investigation. The ICES Denver office sent fines-to-be-issued documents to CCS Denver Inc. and PBC Commercial Cleaning Systems Inc., and Green Management Denver after it discovered substantial violations in employee eligibility verification. Investigators imposed the highest penalty of $6,186,171 on CCS Denver because they documented complete substantive violations along with evidence showing 87 intentional hiring of unauthorized workers.
The Other Penalties Included:
- PBC Commercial Cleaning Systems: Fined $1,599,510 for a 74% violation rate and employing at least 12 unauthorized workers
- Green Management Denver: Assessed $270,195 after a 100% violation rate, and 44 unauthorized employees were identified
We notified three Colorado businesses of our intent to issue significant fines due to illegal alien employment violations:
— U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (@ICEgov) April 30, 2025
CCS Denver, Inc. Fined $6.1M+ | At least 87 unauthorized workers
PBC Commercial Cleaning Systems, Inc.Fined $1.5M+ | At least 12 unauthorized… pic.twitter.com/ao4Qk4f4tG
Special Agent in Charge Steve Cagen expressed during the announcement that unauthorized worker employment weakens our immigration system and hurts legitimate business owners. The workplace enforcement strategy of Homeland Security Investigations depends on three avenues to ensure business compliance with federal employment laws through I-9 audits, alongside civil penalties and necessary criminal prosecution.
