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(AP) -- Ex-supervisor at SC poultry plant gets 2 years

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) -- A former supervisor at a Greenville poultry plant has been sentenced to two years in prison for aggravated identity theft.

U.S. Attorney Walt Wilkins says 51-year-old John Jairo Johnson-Amaya was sentenced Monday

The supervisor at the Columbia Farms poultry processing plant pleaded guilty in December. Federal agents say Johnson-Amaya used another person's Social Security number on employment forms.

Johnson-Amaya faces deportation after serving his sentence.

More than 300 people suspected of being illegal immigrants were found in an October raid at the Greenville County plant.

House of Raeford, which is based in Raeford, N.C., owns the plant. The company processes chickens and turkeys in eight plants in the Carolinas, Georgia, Louisiana and Michigan.

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APNP 03-16-09 1921EDT

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