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joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
Mon Nov 16, 2015, 08:51 PM Nov 2015

A Papa John's Owner is Going to Jail (No, not Peyton Manning)

A Papa John’s franchisee received a jail sentence after being charged earlier this year with not paying workers minimum wage and with falsifying documents.

Abdul Jamil Khokhar, who owns nine Papa John’s locations in New York City with BMY Foods, pled guilty to failing to pay workers in compliance with the New York Labor Law, which is a misdemeanor, and to filing false business records, a felony.

As it’s stated on the Attorney General’s website, instead of paying his employees the proper minimum overtime wages according to New York State law, Khokhar paid them the same minimum wage they would make during regular hours. To hide this illegal practice, he created fake identities under which the employees would file their overtime hours to make it look as if they were distributed among more workers. As was previously reported by Fortune, this affected the wages of over 300 current and former employees.

A civil settlement secured by the U.S. Department of Labor in July of this year required Khokhar to pay $230,000 in damages and $50,000 in civil monetary penalties. He must also pay an additional $230,000 in back pay and spend 60 days in jail, as was agreed upon during his sentencing as part of his plea deal.

http://fortune.com/2015/11/16/papa-johns-franchisee-jail/?xid=yahoo_fortune

Remember, think twice before you eat crappy Republican pizza.

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A Papa John's Owner is Going to Jail (No, not Peyton Manning) (Original Post) joeybee12 Nov 2015 OP
What was he thinking? lpbk2713 Nov 2015 #1
Mind-boggling to say the least...nt joeybee12 Nov 2015 #2
It's called greed. n/t Mr. Evil Nov 2015 #16
I've never eaten a papa johns pizza madokie Nov 2015 #3
Be thankful you never have. lonestarnot Nov 2015 #15
I have no need for Papa John's sauce-covered frisbees meow2u3 Nov 2015 #18
I ate one once while staying at a friend's house. gvstn Nov 2015 #22
He thought no one would complain to the dept. of labor? gollygee Nov 2015 #4
How could a decent person do something like that? Selling that garbage should be a crime. BlueJazz Nov 2015 #5
Peyton should go to jail for his performance yesterday tk2kewl Nov 2015 #6
As a Chief's fan tazkcmo Nov 2015 #9
+1 nt flying rabbit Nov 2015 #13
Thanks for posting Omaha Steve Nov 2015 #7
They should give him another 60 days for inflicting chain pizza on New Yorkers jmowreader Nov 2015 #8
K&R. Glad to hear it. Overseas Nov 2015 #10
I'm glad they got the creep mountain grammy Nov 2015 #11
Fuck Porta Johns. Fuddnik Nov 2015 #12
I worked for Dumbinos when I lived in Michigan and was desperate for a job, any job. NBachers Nov 2015 #14
Damn.. that sounds like a nightmare! Cha Nov 2015 #20
I agree. They taste like crap anyway prouddemfromaustin44 Nov 2015 #17
What I find sad beyond the act itself Sherman A1 Nov 2015 #19
Quit bashing Peyton Manning! panader0 Nov 2015 #21

lpbk2713

(42,766 posts)
1. What was he thinking?
Mon Nov 16, 2015, 08:57 PM
Nov 2015



How could he possibly think he could do that to over 300 people and still get away with it?

madokie

(51,076 posts)
3. I've never eaten a papa johns pizza
Mon Nov 16, 2015, 09:01 PM
Nov 2015

We have a local home owned pizza parlor where we get our pizza fix from. I'll put it up against any of the franchises too

Oh btw Peyton sucks as does his sidekick

meow2u3

(24,767 posts)
18. I have no need for Papa John's sauce-covered frisbees
Tue Nov 17, 2015, 12:00 AM
Nov 2015

Especially since I live across the street from a mom-and-pop pizza parlor and within less than a mile of another.

gvstn

(2,805 posts)
22. I ate one once while staying at a friend's house.
Wed Nov 18, 2015, 12:58 AM
Nov 2015

Just not enough sauce or toppings. I like New York style, thin crust and go from there.

Don't really have a great pizza parlor around me now, the one that does do a NY style always has a dirty oven that leaves black/burnt marks on the bottom of the crust. Don't like that!

gollygee

(22,336 posts)
4. He thought no one would complain to the dept. of labor?
Mon Nov 16, 2015, 09:02 PM
Nov 2015

There's no way.

Edit: This is an example of why we don't have a libertarian governmental style. We NEED a dept. of labor, and all the others too. There are plenty of people who think it's all governmental waste.

NBachers

(17,133 posts)
14. I worked for Dumbinos when I lived in Michigan and was desperate for a job, any job.
Mon Nov 16, 2015, 11:47 PM
Nov 2015

They'd make us punch out and keep working. They'd also make us deposit all our money in big cans and let them count it at the end of the night. It's surprising how many times we came up significantly short, and had to make up the difference out of our own pockets.

Pigs

 
17. I agree. They taste like crap anyway
Mon Nov 16, 2015, 11:55 PM
Nov 2015

I've never went there for 5 years now, and don't intend to in the future. Even their "deals" are a ripoff IMO.

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
19. What I find sad beyond the act itself
Tue Nov 17, 2015, 04:43 AM
Nov 2015

is that stealing from your employees is a misdemeanor while filing false paperwork is a felony.

Not surprising I suppose, but still very sad.

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