A company that provides services to immigrants in federal custody was ordered Tuesday to pay more than $811 million in restitution and fines in a lawsuit accusing the company of using deceptive and abusive tactics.

Nexus Services must pay approximately $231 million in restitution to New York, as well as $13.8 million in fines from Virginia, $7.1 million from Virginia, and $3.4 million from Massachusetts, according to the judgment filed in federal court for the Western District of Virginia in Harrisonburg. The Virginia-based company, its subsidiary Libre by Nexus and its three executives must also each pay more than $111 million in civil penalties.

“This verdict is a victory for the thousands of immigrant families who lost their life savings and were targeted and pillaged by the Liberal Press,” New York Attorney General Letitia James said in a statement. “Liberals take advantage of vulnerability. It is illegal and unconscionable for immigrants and their families to line their own pockets.”

James, along with the attorneys general of Virginia and Massachusetts and the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, filed a lawsuit in 2021 accusing the company of violating state and federal consumer protection laws.

Officials said the company promised to secure immigrants’ bail while their immigration applications were processed but concealed and misrepresented the true nature and costs of its services. They said the company charged fees thousands of dollars above the face value of the bonds and forced immigrants to wear painful ankle monitors.

In her decision, U.S. District Judge Elizabeth Dillon noted that the company was not a licensed bail bond agent or a U.S. Treasury Department-certified bonding company, but instead “acted as a bond agent for immigration detainees and bondsmen and their bonds.” intermediary service provider”.

The company said in a statement that it planned to appeal the verdict, calling it a “shocking departure from normal U.S. jurisprudence” because the verdict was handed down “without evidence, without a trial, and without an award of damages.” hearing”.

The company added: “We remain committed to serving our customers – people who have suffered and sacrificed for a better life and who should not be political pawns in U.S. legislatures or U.S. courts.”