A central Minnesota dairy farmer is facing felony wage theft and racketeering charges over allegations that he underpaid and mistreated his migrant workers.
In a criminal complaint filed Monday, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison alleges that Keith Lawrence Schaefer of Richmond, Minn., routinely withheld pay, including overtime, from at least 18 workers in violation of the state’s 2019 wage theft law.
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