Sharmistha Barai

The Stockton Record

Former Stockton psychiatrist gets 15 years in prison in forced labor case

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SACRAMENTO – Sharmistha Barai, the former Stockton psychiatrist who was found guilty by a federal jury last year of using intimidation and abuse to force her foreign-born housekeepers to work 18-hour days on minimal food and without compensation, has been sentenced to 15 years and eight months in prison for forced labor violations.

In pronouncing the sentence Friday in Sacramento, U.S. District Judge Morrison England Jr. also ordered more than $15,000 in restitution be paid to the victims, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California.

Barai and her husband, Satish Kartan, were convicted March 14, 2019, following an 11-day trial on charges of conspiracy to obtain forced labor and two counts of obtaining forced labor. Kartan is scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 22…

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Former Stockton psychiatrist gets 15 years in prison in forced labor case
By Joe Goldeen
The Stockton Record
October 6, 2020

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