East Bay security company co-owners convicted of wage theft

UNION CITY The co-owners of a Bay Area private precaution company will pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in restitution after pleading guilty to felony wage theft and insurance premium fraud prosecutors commented Related Articles Teen injured in shooting on BART train in Oakland Three injured in pair of deliberate hit-and-runs Judge dismisses charge against ex-Antioch cop who shot suspected car thief with less-lethal launcher An Oakland teen became a fentanyl tycoon feds say He now blames grandma s cancer assessment After manslaughter conviction Oakland UPS driver charged with second killing Ferooz and Alejandra Nangeyali the proprietors of Union City-based Alfa Private Guard must pay to workers they defrauded and to the State Compensation Insurance Fund the Alameda County District Attorney s Office mentioned in a news release To date prosecutors have located of the individuals identified as casualties of wage theft The matter was jointly investigated by the California Department of Insurance and the California Labor Commissioner s Office in conjunction with the district attorney s office During the four-year probe prosecutors reviewed the company s compensation policies and financial records as well as interviewed former employees who claimed they were not lawfully compensated for working regular and overtime hours Through our joint efforts over will be returned to dozens of workers who were cheated out of their hard-earned income District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson disclosed in a report The Nangeyalis are scheduled to return to court for further proceedings on Nov Anyone who worked for Alfa Private Precaution and believes they are owed back wages can contact the district attorney s office at - - or ask cepd acgov org