HONOLULU HI Jan 14, 2022 An Oahu company that provides security guards to public and private facilities will have to pay over $1.5 million in back wages after a federal investigation determined it illegally denied workers overtime pay. Investigators with the U.S. Department of Labor said Alii Security Systems Inc. established a “voluntary program” that […]
SELDEN, NY Jan 9 2022 — A Long Island security guard was arraigned Friday on charges he swiped tools from the town he works for and then pocketed about $4,000 he got for selling them, Suffolk District Attorney Ray Tierney’s office said Friday. Robert Chura, 29, of Selden “allegedly broke into a tool room […]
Biloxi MS Jan 9 2022 A Biloxi Veterans Affairs employee accused of stealing medical equipment, electronics and other government property and reselling the goods has been sentenced to prison, prosecutors said. Chad Jacob worked as assistant chief of the supply chain management for the VA, and stole property from 2009 until December 2020, according […]
Fayetteville, Ga Jan 8 2022 In March 2021, a Fayetteville, Ga. man, Andreas Flaten, received his entire final paycheck of $915 in pennies — more than 91,000 of them — covered in grease and dumped in his driveway, along with a vulgar note from his former employer, according to various news outlets. But now […]
BUFFALO, N.Y. Jan 7 2022– U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Alicia Raynor, 44, of Westfield, NY, who was convicted of wire fraud and filing a false tax return, was sentenced to serve 18 months in prison and 18 months home detention by U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. The defendant was also […]
St Paul MN Dec 29 2021 The Minnesota Supreme Court issued an opinion earlier this week that will allow the Minnesota Attorney General’s investigation into alleged wage theft at Madison Equities — the largest property owner in downtown St. Paul — to move forward. Security guards at U.S. Bank Center, the First National Bank Building, 375 […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Dec 27, 2021 A Nashville Target employee was charged Thursday with theft after police said he stole nearly $3,000 worth of store items. According to a warrant, Bryan Carrasco Vasquez, 18, worked at Target located at 26 White Bridge Rd. and stole from the store on two separate occasions. Officers said on Dec. […]
San Francisco CA Dec 24, 2021 A California candymaker must face a lawsuit by an employee who says she caught Covid-19 at work and gave it to her husband, resulting in his death, a state appeals court held on Tuesday, upholding what appeared to be the first ruling allowing a worker’s lawsuit against an employer […]
Santa Fe NM December 23, 2021 Even one of the most secure places in Santa Fe County is not immune to crime. An ex-employee at a security company hired to monitor the grounds of the New Mexico National Guard faces eight felony charges after he was accused of stealing several handguns and ammunition belonging […]
Zebulon, North Carolina Dec 21 2021 A Wake Forest man was sentenced Thursday, December 16, 2021 to 48 months in prison and five years of supervised release for embezzlement from a credit union, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of North Carolina. Johnnie Earl Harrell, 49, pleaded guilty […]