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The Crime that Pays

Wage theft especially targets the most vulnerable workers, including undocumented immigrants and unskilled or low-skilled workers who are desperate to hang onto any job in a tough market.

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Posted: Thu, Aug. 9, 2012, 12:00 AM

The Crime that Pays

How predatory bosses steal and get away with it.

Jake Blumgart

City Paper

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