The following chart outlines which insurance companies have paid what so far in the settlements with The Attorney General. The Office of the Attorney General entered into settlements with three additional insurance companies this week that will result in an additional $5.6 million in refunds to Massachusetts motorcycle owners. This brings the total number to […]
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$472,000 in Fines for Not Properly Paying Employees
The Attorney General’s Fair Labor Division announced this week that the a Wilmington Construction company and its owner have been ordered to pay more than $472,000 in restitution and fines for failing to pay the prevailing wage, misclassifying workers as independent contractors and numerous other wage violations. R. Humphrey, 63, is the owner of RPM […]
$58,000 in Fines for Not Properly Paying Employees and Classifying Them Incorrectly As Independent Contractors
A husband and wife where cited more than $58,000 in restitution and fines for failing to pay the prevailing wage, misclassifying workers as independent contractors and record keeping violations Attorney General Martha Coakley’s office announced today. The couple, Alexander and Tatiana Shlepakov of Sharon, are the owners of the Providence, Rhode Island-based Padi USA, Inc. […]
Lowell Staffing Company Owner Indicted for Workman’s Comp Fraud
Dara Duong, 53, of Lowell was indicted by a Middlesex Grand Jury for three counts of Worker’s Compensation Fraud and two counts of Larceny over $250. He is scheduled to be arraigned in Middlesex Superior Court this Thursday, July 14, 2011. The AG’s Office says that the allegations against Duong involve his failure to report […]
Attorney General Coakley asks Insurance Commissioner Murphy to reduce commercial auto insurance rates
The Attorney General for Massachusetts, Martha Coakley sent a letter yesterday to the Insurance Commissioner Murphy requesting that he reduce commercial auto rates in Massachusetts via his statutory authority under G.L. c.175 . In her letter, the Attorney General cited the Commissioner’s previous failure to reject Progressive’s unjustified rate increased in February of this year and […]
