OWNERS of Bolton takeaways, restaurants and shops have been fined a combined total of more than £125,000 — for employing illegal immigrants.
The Home Office has revealed in a Freedom of Information request that it has issued 17 civil penalties worth £127,500 to employers over the past three years, after they uncovered 59 people working illegally in the town.
And £75,000 has still not been paid — because the people responsible have left the businesses or shut up shop before paying up.