BALTIMORE, MD—A former construction field superintendent in Baltimore pleaded guilty and was sentenced for his role in a felony wage-theft scheme that defrauded workers on two University of Maryland construction projects, state Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced this week.
Fredy Arellano, 45, of York, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in Baltimore City Circuit Court to one count of felony theft scheme between $25,000 and $100,000. The investigation found that Arellano and an associate stole from construction workers by paying them substantially less than the state-required prevailing wage.
Arellano, who worked as the field superintendent for a Baltimore-based company, was sentenced to five years of incarceration, with all but 90 days suspended. He will serve the 90 days on home detention, followed by three years of supervised probation…