A millionaire New York couple was found guilty Monday of keeping two middle-aged Indonesian housekeepers in slave-like conditions for years; each faces up to 40 years in prison.

Indian-born Varsha Mahender Sabhnani, 45, and Mahender Murlidhar Sabhnani, 51, of Long Island, NY, were convicted Monday by a federal court in Central Islip, New York, on 12 counts, including forced labor, involuntary servitude, conspiracy and harboring illegal residents.

The two face up to 40 years in prison each. The verdict was a shock to the family (parents and four children) as the mother and one of the daughters fainted and were transported to a hospital.

The judge ordered the jury to return Tuesday so each juror could be individually polled to confirm the verdict.

Prosecutors called the Sabhnanis’ treatment of the two housekeepers a “case of modern-day slavery.”

The Sabhnanis, both U. S. citizens, are accused of having brought two middle-aged women from Indonesia to the United States, promising to pay them $200 a month for housekeeping duties.

The couple runs an international multimillion-dollar perfume business.

The women, identified only as Samirah, 51, and Enung, 47, testified abundantly about the treatment they were subjected to over five years in the Sabhnanis’ household in Muttontown, New York.

They said their passports were confiscated. They were beaten with brooms, cut with knives, they slept on mats on the floor, they did not receive food and were kept hungry. They said they were forced to eat hot chili peppers as punishment.

They worked 18 hours or more each day, prosecutors said.

The woman called Samirah sought help in May, when she fled the house. According to reports, she required medical treatment for injuries she told authorities had been inflicted by Varsha Sabhnani.

Enung was found by authorities in the home hiding in a closet.

Defense lawyers argued that the two women made up the story in order to leave their jobs and find something more profitable. They also asserted the women mutilated themselves as part of traditional Indonesian practices.

The Associated Press reports that the Sabhnani couple spent nearly three months in jail until a judge approved a bail package. They posted $4.5 million and paid approximately $10,000 a day for security monitoring. They remained in house arrest.

As for the two Indonesian women, they have been taken care of by Catholic Charities during the investigation, according to the AP. It is unclear what is to become of them now that the trial has ended.