{"id":10863,"date":"2015-04-07T18:43:59","date_gmt":"2015-04-08T01:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=10863"},"modified":"2015-04-07T18:43:59","modified_gmt":"2015-04-08T01:43:59","slug":"clothing-factory-manager-indicted-for-offering-bribe-to-labor-investigator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=10863","title":{"rendered":"Clothing Factory Manager Indicted for Offering Bribe to Labor Investigator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/FBI-Image.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-5851\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/FBI-Image-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"FBI Image\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>LOS ANGELES<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0The manager of <strong>Seven-Bros Enterprises<\/strong> in La Puente, \u00a0<strong>Howard Quoc Trinh<\/strong>, 41, of Arcadia, was indicted for offering $10,000 in bribes to a <strong>Department of Labor Wage and Hour Investigator,<\/strong> officials said.<\/p>\n<p>A federal grand jury indicted states that the bribe was offered in exchange for the investigator closing an investigation into wage violations, according to authorities. \u00a0As part of the bribery scheme, Trinh actually paid the investigator $3,000, according to a criminal complaint previously filed in this case.<\/p>\n<p>If convicted, Trinh faces up to 10 years in prison, officials said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The criminal complaint alleges the following facts and circumstances:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The investigator was investigating Seven-Bros for violating the Fair Labor Standards Act, which sets standards for minimum wage and overtime pay.<\/li>\n<li>The Labor Department Wage and Hour investigator led a team that conducted an unannounced visit to Seven-Bros on March 10.<\/li>\n<li>The investigation into wage violations covered a period from May 2012 through March 10, 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