Criminal
Oct. 1, 2026
Catalina Island hotel owner pays $1.5M in wage theft case
Prosecutors said Yueh Mei Tucey exploited workers at her hotels and restaurants for years, using payroll aliases to conceal overtime and underreport wages.
A Catalina Island hotel and restaurant owner has paid $1.5 million in restitution to dozens of workers in a felony wage theft and tax case, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office said.
Yueh Mei Tucey, also known as Nora Tucey, delivered the payment at a restitution and sentencing hearing Monday. A Los Angeles County judge also ordered her to pay $96,000 to the California Employment Development Department for underreporting employee wages.
The restitution co...
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