Secured 24 Withheld Wages from Workers While Pocketing Extra Funds from Schools
NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced that her office has secured $400,000 from Secured 24, LLC (Secured 24) and its two principal owners for failing to pay its security guards the full prevailing wage that they were owed under the New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services’ (DCAS) Non-Public School (NPS) security guard program. An Office of the Attorney General (OAG) investigation found that Secured 24 failed to pay more than 100 school security guards hundreds of thousands of dollars in prevailing wage benefits. At the same time, schools were reimbursing Secured 24 for security services under the assumption that the security guards were receiving their required wages and supplemental benefits.
“Secured 24 illegally withheld earned wages and benefits from hard-working New Yorkers who devoted their careers to keeping others safe,” said Attorney General James. “When employers fail to fulfill their legal obligations, they are both cheating their workers and undermining the integrity of our labor market. My office will always protect workers from wage theft and hold employers accountable for their obligations.”…