Harry Dorvilier, the owner of nursing agency Harry Nurses Registry, Inc., in Queens, New York City, was charged for allegedly fraudulently deducting money from employee paychecks purportedly for Workers’ Compensation Insurance.
According to the court documents, Dorvilier deducted $1 per hour from the payroll checks of more than 200 employees and explained the deduction by a non-existing Workers’ Comp regulation. Two things to notice here: first, New York law prohibits employers from charging employees for workers’ compensation insurance and second, Dorvilier had never purchased workers’ comp as required by law. So, the money, around $300,000 ended up in his coffers.
Dorvilier has been charged with Grand Larceny in the third and fourth degree and violating New York State Workers’ Compensation Law Section 31. If convicted, he faces up to 7 years in prison.
