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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
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$42K Wage Theft Scheme: Long Island Company Charged For Stealing From Employees, DA Says $42K Wage Theft Scheme: Long Island Company Charged For Stealing From Employees, DA Says
$42K Wage Theft Scheme: Long Island Company Charged For Stealing From Employees, DA Says A Long Island man, along with his company, has been charged with multiple counts in relation to a kickback scheme, authorities announced. On Tuesday, Sept. 12, the Nassau County District Attorney announced that 58-year-old Glen Head resident Angelo Stanco, along with his Glen Cove company American Paving & Masonry Corp., were arraigned on charges including grand larceny for their alleged wage theft scheme. According to the charges, in July 2018, Stanco and his company acknowledged to the NY Department of Labor that they had underpaid employees who worked on projects in Sands Point and…

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by Sophie Grieser
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Former NY Restaurant Owner Retaliated Against Workers For Filing Wage Lawsuit, Feds Say Former NY Restaurant Owner Retaliated Against Workers For Filing Wage Lawsuit, Feds Say
Former NY Restaurant Owner Retaliated Against Workers For Filing Wage Lawsuit, Feds Say The US Department of Labor is suing a former New York restaurant owner for allegedly retaliating against employees who filed a class action lawsuit over wage theft. David Ip, the former owner and operator of Ichiban restaurant in Albany, tried to intimidate three workers and prevent them from participating in the lawsuit, the department alleges in a suit filed Thursday, Aug. 25 in federal court in Albany. The lawsuit claims that Ip shared personal and other sensitive information about the three workers with a Rensselaer County sheriff’s deputy who worked for his security business when off d…

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by Michael Mashburn