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Six years after a new law made wage theft a felony in Minnesota, our state has its first wage 

Frederick Leon Newell will be sentenced in June for stealing $35,000 dollars from five workers he employed as a painting contractor for a Minneapolis affordable housing development.

 for the Minnesota Reformer, shared more on what this means with MPR News host Tom Crann.

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Frederick Leon Newell will be sentenced in June for stealing $35,000 dollars from five workers he employed as a painting contractor for a Minneapolis affordable housing development.


Six years after a new law made wage theft a felony in Minnesota, our state has its first wage theft conviction.Frederick Leon Newell will be sentenced in June for stealing $35,000 dollars from five workers he employed as a painting contractor for a Minneapolis affordable housing development.Max Nesterak, who reported on the case for the Minnesota Reformer, shared more on what this means with MPR News host Tom Crann.

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