Crime & Safety

Owners Of Union City Security Firm Charged With Wage Theft, Fraud

Ferooz Nangeyali and Alejandra Nangeyali allegedly failed to pay over $800,000 of wages for regular and overtime hours.

(Lauren Ramsby/Patch)

January 21, 2023

Owners of a Union City firm have been charged with "egregious" wage theft affecting 87 employees owed hundreds of thousands of dollars, the Alameda County District Attorney's Office alleged Friday.

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Ferooz Nangeyali and Alejandra Nangeyali own Alfa Private Security Services and allegedly failed to properly pay their workers for regular and overtime hours. Over $800,000 of wages were unpaid allegedly.

County prosecutors began an investigation in December 2021. That investigation also revealed that Ferooz Nangeyali allegedly possessed privately made or homemade guns, commonly known as ghost guns.

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