Construction company MSR Electrical Construction, located in Red Hook, Brooklyn, for three years deceived its employees to 700 thousand dollars.
A case of fraud was considered in the Supreme court of Brooklyn, the Respondent was a contractor Michael Riglietti.
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As reported in Prosecutor’s office in Brooklyn, from December 2012 to December 2015, the company has signed 15 contracts, ordered state agencies. In particular, four Brooklyn schools, a psychiatric center in Queens and the MTA.
After receiving the contracts, the company undertook to pay its employees $ 54 per hour, plus bonuses. In fact, such data and provided in reports. In fact, the workers were paid on average from 13.5 to $ 25 per hour with no overtime, bonuses and other benefits, reports the Brooklyn Eagle.
So, over the years the company lied to employees in the amount of 700 thousand dollars.
«They signed a lucrative contract, and then shamefully stole money from their subordinates,» said attorney General Eric Gonzales. «In Brooklyn we do not allow wages stolen from employees that have earned it by honest labor.»
Final sentencing will be March 2018, but we already know that the company is five years removed from state contracts, and outstanding money returned to the employees.
