Kenyan businessman charged in US court for ‘stealing employees’ wages’
Kevin Onyona, the owner of Swahili Village restaurant in Beltsville, Maryland, and his staff prepare food in his mobile kitchen at The National Mall in Washington DC, US on April 11, 2019. PHOTO | POOL
A Kenyan national who owns a popular restaurant in Washington DC, US is facing prosecution from authorities for allegedly stealing wages from hundreds of his employees for many years.
The Attorney-General (AG) of Washington DC Brian Schwalb disclosed in the court charges that the proprietor of the internationally popular eatery, Kevin Onyona (Kenyan), and his Business Executive Emad Shoeb “rampantly and systematically violated the city’s tipped minimum wage law and other worker protections, by stealing wages from their employees”.
