The billionaire Asplund family of Pennsylvania, embroiled in a bullying scandal after their son’s new wife tried to get another woman to give up her Instagram handle, was once sued for $95 million for hiring undocumented workers. It was revealed that he had been fined.
According to information from 2017, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Press ReleaseAsplund Tree Experts, now reportedly worth $5 billion, pleaded guilty and received a fine for knowingly hiring workers using false identification documents.
According to the statement, senior managers “intentionally remained blind while lower managers hired and rehired employees who they knew were ineligible to work in the United States.”
The company paid $80 million in criminal forfeitures and $15 million in civil payments. The $95 million total remains the record holder for the largest immigration judgment in history.
The family name was shut down again this week after Katherine Driscoll Asplund, who married Cabot Asplund on April 27, allegedly bullied a user named Katherine Asplund into signing over the rights to her Instagram handle. It was uploaded.
According to the screenshot of the conversation Posted in NYCInfluencesnark sub Redditthe new Katherine Asplund began with a refreshing message.
“Hello, I’m wondering if I can purchase your username,” the newlyweds wrote. “I just got married and this is my new name.”
Another, Katherine Asplund, kindly declined.
“Hello and congratulations! That’s my name too,” she wrote. “I just Googled it and it says that if you sell your username, you will be banned from Instagram.”
From there, things between the two Katherine Asplunds worsened.
“I have purchased usernames in the past, but not really,” the billionaire’s wife replied. “Celebrities do that all the time, they all use their handles as their full names. It’s so weird, I didn’t know there was another Asplund family there. [sic]. There is no Katherine Asplund in our family. ”
After receiving no response, the billionaire’s wife pointed out that he should change his name to match his other wife, Catherine, since she is not very active on Instagram.
Another, Catherine, told the billionaire’s wife that the account was a “finsta” or fake Instagram used for private stories and photo archives, and that the main account used her maiden name. Ta.
Frustrated, Ms. Driscoll-Asplund insisted that the woman’s name was not really Katherine Asplund and that she would be reported.
“Actually, I can’t believe your name is Katherine Asplund, but are you the kind of person who would make Finsta your real name? I reported you to Instagram and they actually told me your real name.” It would be really embarrassing if I didn’t know you.”
Driscoll-Asplund then requested to see documentation proving the woman was not lying about her name.
The newlyweds deleted their Instagram accounts after the other woman posted the screenshot.
The bride’s in-laws own Asplund Tree Experts, a Pennsylvania-based company that is the 109th largest private company in the United States with 2023 sales of $5.42 billion. According to Forbes magazine.
Katherine’s new father-in-law, Matt Asplund, has been the CEO of the family business since 2021.
It’s unclear when or if Driscoll Asplund will return to Instagram.
