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More Than $2M In Wage Theft Uncovered In Nassau County, DA Says More Than $2M In Wage Theft Uncovered In Nassau County, DA Says
More Than $2M In Wage Theft Uncovered In Nassau County, DA Says Employers across Nassau County have been accused of stealing more than $2 million from workers through wage theft and fraud schemes since the start of 2025, prosecutors said. Nearly $450,000 has already been returned to 80 workers who were shortchanged on wages or benefits, according to the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office. Cases include: Two Garden City medspa owners, accused of taking $6,000 each from prospective employees for fake training programs and failing to pay them for about 150 hours of work. The men allegedly stole more than $16,000, prosecutors said. They pleaded not g…

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by Michael Mashburn
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$80K Wage Theft: LI Company, Leaders Admit Cheating Workers Out Of Rightful Pay $80K Wage Theft: LI Company, Leaders Admit Cheating Workers Out Of Rightful Pay
$80K Wage Theft: LI Company, Leaders Admit Cheating Workers Out Of Rightful Pay A Long Island company, along with its top executives, confessed to shortchanging workers on public school projects and falsifying payroll records. BJA Renovations Corp., a North Babylon-based asbestos removal and demolition company, and its manager, Joseph Demasco, 67, pleaded guilty to failing to pay more than $80,000 in required wages in Nassau County Court on Friday, March 14. The wages were owed for work performed at schools in the Merrick and Oceanside Union Free School Districts between 2019 and 2021, according to the Nassau County DA’s office. The company and its president, Nicholas…

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by Michael Mashburn
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‘Is He Serious?’ NY Ice Cream Shop Owner Accused Of Stealing Employees’ Tips ‘Is He Serious?’ NY Ice Cream Shop Owner Accused Of Stealing Employees’ Tips
‘Is He Serious?’ NY Ice Cream Shop Owner Accused Of Stealing Employees’ Tips Social media is abuzz with outrage after a New York mother accused an ice cream shop owner of withholding customer tips that were given to her 15-year-old son and other employees. In a post on a community Facebook page Monday, July 1, the Long Island resident said her son quit his job at the Hauppauge business after the owner allegedly told him he “can’t figure out” how to separate tips that customers paid using a debit or credit card on his point-of-sale system. “I am not one who tips for every little thing, but people were tipping these kids on their credit cards, which they really apprec…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Wage Theft: Long Island Man, Company Sentenced For Stealing $42K From Employees Wage Theft: Long Island Man, Company Sentenced For Stealing $42K From Employees
Wage Theft: Long Island Man, Company Sentenced For Stealing $42K From Employees The president of a paving company has been convicted of running a kickback scheme, taking tens of thousands of dollars from his employees. Angelo Stanco, age 59 of Glen Head, received his larceny conviction and sentence on Thursday, May 23, the Nassau County District Attorney announced. Original Story - $42K Wage Theft Scheme: Glen Cove Company Charged For Stealing From Employees, DA Says Alongside his Glen Cove company, American Paving & Masonry Corporation, Stanco confessed to the New York Department of Labor (DOL) in 2018 to underpaying employees who had worked on projects …

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by Sophie Grieser