19/04/2021
San Jose Flooring Company Owes Workers Nearly $1 Million in Wage Theft Case: DA – NBC Bay Area
Investigators are still trying to determine the extent of the fraud allegedly committed by 33-year-old
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Martin Helda, owner of All Bay Area Floors, and are asking employees past and present for
assistance.
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Helda faces 20 felony counts of Workers Compensation Premium fraud, Employment Development
Department fraud and wage theft, the District Attorney said.
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Law enforcement officials are searching for other victims and encouraging them to come forward.
"Greedy business owners are banking that cheated employees won't come forward," prosecutor
Vonda Tracey said. "These workers did the work. They are owed the pay."
The California Department of Insurance is working with district attorney investigators on the case,
which came to light when an insurance audit showed that payroll records did not match the number
of people Helda had working for him.
Investigators determined that "Helda withheld at least $900,000 in overtime wages owed to
employees known to EDD, but possibly as much as $1.7 million owed to all employees including
those not known to EDD."
Many of the workers possibly eligible for compensation cannot be identified because of what
investigators described as scant employee records.
Investigators ask anyone who was a worker for Helda at All Bay Area Flooring Company to contact
Lt. Michael Whittington at (408) 808-3742 or mwhittington@dao.sccgov.org.
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