Years ago i had a friend who got charged for theft from his employer- he was GM of a restaurant that was in the process of going bankrupt. Checks were a month behind including credit card tips. The last of thw staff were bassically at the were walking if we dont get paid today moment.
So he took the weekends take, like $20k, and paid out most of the paychecks in arrears, allong witb enough to keep the vendors that were about to stop making deliveries. He got arrested, spent the night in lockup and had to pay bail.
He ended up getting saved from having to go to court though; his lawyer was able to convince the DA that he needed to look into the owners finances, and it turned out there was a reason the restaurant was going bankrupt- the owner was straight up ‘investing’ all the money, on short term stock market plays, including the tips, (which is illegal) had made some bad plays and dug himself a pretty big hole. The owner never got arrested though, he just got fined, which ended up getting paid out of the bankruptcy. At least the staff and afaik all the vendors got paid though.
I do not like how the fraud of wage theft is a civil matter but taking a long bathroom break is stealing from the company.
Years ago i had a friend who got charged for theft from his employer- he was GM of a restaurant that was in the process of going bankrupt. Checks were a month behind including credit card tips. The last of thw staff were bassically at the were walking if we dont get paid today moment.
So he took the weekends take, like $20k, and paid out most of the paychecks in arrears, allong witb enough to keep the vendors that were about to stop making deliveries. He got arrested, spent the night in lockup and had to pay bail.
He ended up getting saved from having to go to court though; his lawyer was able to convince the DA that he needed to look into the owners finances, and it turned out there was a reason the restaurant was going bankrupt- the owner was straight up ‘investing’ all the money, on short term stock market plays, including the tips, (which is illegal) had made some bad plays and dug himself a pretty big hole. The owner never got arrested though, he just got fined, which ended up getting paid out of the bankruptcy. At least the staff and afaik all the vendors got paid though.