A Hudson Valley home health care agency and its owner face charges that, for over two years, 50 works weren’t paid over $100,000 in wages.

Arthur Anyah, the owner of the Mical Home Heath Care in Peekskill, could serve up to four years in jail if he’s convicted of the top charges in an 18-count indictment.

From December 8, 2012- June 21,2015, Anyah and his company allegedly failed to pay 52 works a total of $110,186.22 in wages. According to Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, aides were convinced to keep working without pay because they were told they would eventually be paid. After numerous workers quit because they were not paid, the defendants allegedly hired new workers who also weren’t paid.

The services provided by the Mical home health aides included caring for elderly, sick, and disabled individuals. The care givers helped their clients with basic daily needs such as bathing, preparing food, and assisting with toileting “Many people in our communities depend on home health aides, and these aides should be treated fairly,” Schneiderman said. “My office will take aggressive action, including bringing felony charges, against any employer who breaks the law by failing to pay employees for their work.”

In addition to refusing to pay their workers, the defendants allegedly created false tax documents. These false documents reported wages that were never actually paid to workers. Anyah and the company also allegedly failed to pay required New York State unemployment insurance contributions for all employees.

The indictment, filed in Westchester Supreme Court, charges Anyah and Mical with one count of scheme to defraud, four counts of falsifying business records , two counts of offering a false instrument for filing, all felonies, five counts of failure to pay wages in accordance with the labor law, and six counts of willful failure to pay a contribution to the unemployment insurance fund, misdemeanors.

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