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A Philly restaurant owner agreed to pay $1 million to settle a federal wage theft case. Four years later, where’s the money?

The case shows how difficult it is, even for the federal government, to get money workers are owed.

Leanne Feilmeier is owed $14,435 from her former employer, Osaka in Chestnut Hill, which agreed to pay $1 million to its workers to settle a U.S. Department of Labor wage theft case. Four years later, workers have still yet to get paid.
Leanne Feilmeier is owed $14,435 from her former employer, Osaka in Chestnut Hill, which agreed to pay $1 million to its workers to settle a U.S. Department of Labor wage theft case. Four years later, workers have still yet to get paid.Read moreAlejandro A. Alvarez / Staff Photographer