Auburn business owners convicted of felonies for stealing from employees
Two Auburn business owners pleaded guilty to felony charges and will have to repay over $30,000 in stolen wages to 24 former employees, according to the Attorney General’s Office.
Travis Jackson pleaded guilty to first-degree theft and attempted failure to pay industrial insurance premiums, according to the Attorney General’s Office. Marissa Bond pleaded guilty to first-degree theft for theft of her employees’ wages, according to the Attorney General’s Office.
A King County Superior Court Judge sentenced Jackson to pay $600 in fees and serve 120 days in jail, which was lessened to electronic home monitoring, and an additional 244 days in jail suspended for two years.
Bond was sentenced to pay $600 in fees and 200 hours of community service. Both Bond and Jackson are required to repay their victims $33,298 and $12,648 to the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries for unpaid industrial insurance premiums.
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