Taylor Moore
Nctimes
Contractor sentenced for worker's comp fraud
http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/murrieta/murrieta-contractor-sentenced-for-worker-s-comp-fraud/article_6a41ee22-5ce9-5e1b-892d-26d3fc7517c9.html
The article that I chose for my current event is about a roofing contractor who was sent to jail for not paying his taxes and insurance fraud. He also forged documents by not being honest with the insurance company. He
paid workers in cash instead of a check.Plus he hired unlicensed employes. At the end he was caught for cheating with the state.
This article connects to what we studied in chapter five. We learned about the Intolerable Acts. Britain made the Intolerable Acts as a punishment for the colonist throwing the tea overboard. There was a punishment for breaking the law in 1774. Today in 2012 if you do a crime you go to jail.
The article connects to my life by many people telling me that if you lie or do something bad you will pay the consequences. I had to pay for something I did wrong. I lied to my mom and had to repay her the money she spent. In the article the roofing contractor committed a crime and now he has to pay the state $510,000 and he will go to jail for one year.
In my opinion I think the roofing contractor did a very bad thing to himself. I agree with the state in punishing people who commenting crimes. Most of the time you will get caught for what you've done wrong.
Though that contractor may seem deserving of being sentenced because of failure to pay taxes, I don't think all roofing contractors are like him. Most of the roofers that I know hold a good reputation and are responsible tax payers.
ReplyDeleteWill Peartin