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		skywal_l 3 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Developer sentenced to prison for activating “kill... > If I made it so you couldn't get several weeks of your wages for hours that you worked This is called wage theft and I haven't seen anybody going to jail for it. I don't condone what this person did, but I wish justice was as swift for crimes committed by the rich and powerful.

paulddraper 3 days ago [–]

Depends on the state, but wage theft is a criminal offense (punishable by jail).

And generally, the scale of the damage affects the punishment.

exe34 3 days ago | [–]

can you name one director who went to jail for this?

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