An investigator for the New York State Labor Department whose job is to weed out wage theft and other labor crimes has been arrested and charged with stealing from the taxpayers he was supposed to protect.
Matthew Bolen, 43, of Canastota, worked a second job while falsely claiming he was performing his duties as a state labor investigator in Syracuse, according to a criminal complaint filed by the New York Inspector General’s office.
Bolen has worked for the Labor Department in Syracuse since 2015 and was paid $94,277 in 2024, according to public records…