P. v. Zhang CA4/1
A jury convicted Zihan Zhang of three counts of grand theft of labor or money (Pen. Code, § 487, subd. (a)), two counts of refusing to pay wages (Lab. Code, § 216, subd. (a)), and four counts of failing to provide itemized statements to her employees (§§ 226, subd. (a), 226.6). Zhang was prosecuted after several of her former employees filed wage claims with the California Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE), which is overseen by the Labor Commissioner. At trial, the People introduced in evidence the Labor Commissioner's awards (awards) to two victims as well as the expert testimony of two DLSE deputy labor commissioners, who opined that Zhang had violated numerous wage and labor laws against the victims.
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