[dennisw]

||||||||Investigators in Kooritzky's case said they were amazed that neither the Virginia Employment Commission nor the U.S. Labor Department noticed the volume of applications coming in from individual restaurants. In addition to the Silver Diner's petitions, 173 requests came from a Shoney's in Manassas; 184 from an Applebee's in the Alexandria area; 108 from an Outback Steakhouse in Arlington; and 230 from two Chili's restaurants, one in Springfield and another in the Alexandria area.

In each instance, the application said the potential cook would be paid $12.05 an hour, according to the affidavit written by Andrew H. Shea, a Labor Department special agent. When Shea visited the restaurants, managers at each said they had not filed for labor certifications and that they don't pay starting cooks that much.||||||||

[healey22]

Investigators in Kooritzky's case said they were amazed that neither the Virginia Employment Commission nor the U.S. Labor Department noticed the volume of applications coming in from individual restaurants.

Wouldn't surprise me if some rogue employees from Virginia Employment Commission or U.S. Labor Department were in on the scam with the lawyer.

[Ready2go]

Hmmmmmm....anyone else concerned about would-be-terrioist cooking food or working around our food?

[4Freedom]

"...amazed that neither the Virginia Employment Commission nor the U.S. Department of Labor noticed the volume of applications..."

A whole lotta officials can be bribed to look the other way with $21 million dollars, but it looks like you can't bribe everyone.

See what happens when there's, at least, one honest guy?

[Travis McGee]

If "TIPS" will result in these flagrant scams being uncovered, I am for it.