Legal Question in Criminal Law in Alabama

Long Question

An employer refuses to pay his employee several pay checks. After 4 weeks of working and not being paid the employee quits. Instead of going through the labor board which can take up to a year for the employee to be paid, The employee decides to trick the employer into paying him his pay checks by calling in and pretenting to be a customer. Leaving the employer with no choice but to pay the employee so that he can get this job done. The employer pays the employee. Later on the employee calls back the employer again pretending to be the customer and cancels the job.

What would if any be the legal reprocusions for the employee? If he were to be caught doing this.


Asked on 10/10/08, 7:41 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
William Pfeifer Pfeifer LLC

Re: Long Question

Rather than risk violating federal law through impersonating another person on the phone and creating a debt in someone else's name, why don't you simply file a petition in small claims court to get your pay? You can go to the courthouse and fill out a one page form that you can use to sue your former employer and force him to pay you the money that is owed to you. If it is a large amount of money, then I would encourage you to get an attorney to file the lawsuit for you. Engaging in tricks like you describe are most likely going to result in you getting into trouble rather than in putting your money into your pocket. Take the direct approach and sue your former employer in small claims court. Good luck.

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Answered on 10/10/08, 7:50 pm


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