Minnesota attorney general files rare criminal charges for wage theft against dairy owner
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced on Tuesday he charged the owner of a sprawling central Minnesota dairy operation with four counts of felony wage theft and one count of felony racketeering.
Minnesota AG files racketeering, wage theft charges against dairy farm owner
PAYNESVILLE, Minn. – The Minnesota Attorney General’s Office is charging the owner of Evergreen Acres Dairy in Paynesville with felony racketeering and wage theft.
Stearns County man charged in Paynesville dairy farm case
Keith Lawrence Schaefer, 57, of Richmond, owner of Evergreen Acres Dairy LLC, faces racketeering and wage theft charges, according to Attorney General Keith Ellison’s office.
Alleged mistreatment of migrant workers nets felony charges for Minnesota farmer
A central Minnesota dairy farmer faces felony wage theft and racketeering charges over alleged treatment of his immigrant workers.
Dairy farm owner threatened to kill workers who objected to being underpaid, MN cops say
He told employees to go “back to Mexico” when they complained about inhospitable living conditions sponsored by the company, Minnesota police said.
Minnesota A.G. charges central Minnesota dairy owner for cheating workers
He’s accused of depriving mostly undocumented migrants of their earned wages and subjecting them to abuse and threats of physical violence and death
Criminal charges for Stearns County dairy farmer accused of withholding immigrant workforce’s pay
A Stearns County dairy farmer who paid a quarter million dollars to settle wrongful housing allegations in October is now being prosecuted for wage theft against immigrant workers who often worked long hours and lived in inadequate housing.
Owner of Stearns County dairy farm criminally charged with wage theft, racketeering
A state investigation into worker exploitation at a Stearns County dairy farm has now resulted in felony charges, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced on Tuesday.
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