Between December 2012 and June 2015, Anyah hired workers to provide those services to patients but failed to consistently pay these workers after they performed those vital duties. The caregivers helped patients with basic daily needs such as bathing, getting dressed, and preparing their food. Mical, located at 12 North Division Street, Peekskill, New York, provided home health care service to patients who were elderly, sick, infirm or disabled. My office is dedicated to cracking down on wage theft and on blatant disregard of the state unemployment insurance fund which provides basic protections for all New Yorkers.” “It is unacceptable for workers who serve vulnerable patients to be stiffed on wages and then misled with false promises of payments. “The most basic right for a worker is to be paid for your work,” said Attorney General Schneiderman.
If Anyah fails to pay restitution by the date of sentencing, it may result in a sentence of up to one year in jail. Warhit and is scheduled for sentencing on December 8, 2016. Anyah pled guilty in Westchester County Supreme Court before the Honorable Barry E. As a condition of the plea, Anyah was ordered to pay restitution of more than $135,000 of back wages owed to the workers and $66,000 in state unemployment insurance fund contributions and penalties. Anyah pled guilty to the top counts in the indictment which included Class E Felonies of Scheme to Defraud, Falsifying Business Records in the First Degree, and Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the First Degree, as well as misdemeanors, Failure to Pay Wages, and Willful Failure to Pay a Contribution to the Unemployment Insurance Fund. (“Mical”), located in Peekskill, New York, for failing to pay wages to at least 67 employees, engaging in a scheme to induce workers to work despite not being paid, as well as falsifying business records, and defrauding the state unemployment insurance contribution system.
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