Attorney General Josh Shapiro and District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer announced criminal charges in an Unlawful Labor Investigation
January 11, 2021
MEDIA — District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer and Attorney General Josh Shapiro today announced the filing of criminal charges in an Unlawful Labor Investigation. Armando Garcia-Ramirez, his wife and business partner Martha Guzman, their daughter and employee Stephanie Garcia-Ramirez, and employee Angelita Paulin-Santos have been charged with multiple counts of Workplace Misclassification, Making False Statements, Theft, Receiving Stolen Property, Deceptive Business Practices, and related charges in connection with their roles in the conspiracy to operate an enterprise known as G&R Drywall and Framing, LLC (G&R). This York County-based enterprise sourced workers for a large construction project in Delaware County and, in order to subvert employment requirements and protections, misclassified those individuals as independent subcontractors in violation of Act 72, the Construction Misclassification Act.