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A Dublin-based contractor has been convicted of wage theft and filing falsified documents in projects associated with public works contracts, according to the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office.
Harris Electric, a company operating out of Dublin, has roughly three months to pay more than $359,000 in restitution to 11 employees, according to the district attorney’s office.
If that payment has been made prior to sentencing scheduled on May 7 the firm’s owner, Calvin Harris, will serve 60 days in jail. If not, Harris could be incarcerated for six months.
“The idea is that he’ll have paid restitution in full by May 7, and that will determine his jail time,” Alameda County District Attorney spokeswoman Teresa Drenick said Monday.
He will also be barred from engaging in or profiting from public works jobs during a five-year probationary period.
The firm entered into multiple government contracts requiring that employees be paid a “prevailing wage.” Not only did Harris Electric fail to pay prevailing wages to some employees, but it also concealed that information by filing falsified documents, according to prosecutors.
Investigators looked into Harris Electric’s records after two union employees with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 595 came forward to report they’d been victims of wage theft, prosecutors said.
After comparing Alameda County records to Harris’ payroll accounting, investigators found discrepancies totaling $359,347.89, according to prosecutors.
Harris pleaded guilty on Friday to four counts of public works wage fraud and four counts of filing false documents to conceal that wage fraud, Drenick said. Both crimes are felonies.
According to its website, Harris Electric has “successfully completed thousands of varying projects for the military, federal, state, county and private sector” clients. The site also claims that Harris Electric has several licenses in excellent standing with the California Contractors State License Board.
Rick Lopes, a spokesman for the state Contractors State Licensing Board, said Harris Electric will probably have those licenses revoked.
“If it’s not part of this plea agreement to have this license revoked, we will begin the legal action to either suspend or revoke that license because of these convictions,” Lopes said.
“If and when his license is revoked it would be possible to reapply to get the license back down the road,” Lopes said. “It would be a few years, and there’s no guarantee that he’s going to get it back.”
Calvin Harris and Harris Electric could not be reached for comment Monday afternoon.
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