TRENTON – A Toms River contractor is facing three years in prison and hefty fines after pleading guilty to purposely not paying prevailing wages on a government contract valued over $75,000, announced Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal.

On March 27, 45-year old Albert Chwedczuk pleaded guilty to charges of second-degree false contract payment claims. Chwedczuk allegedly falsified payroll records for the public contract to cover up the fact that he paid most of his employees only a fraction of the wages required under the Prevailing Wage Act, while not paying others at all. It is believed that Chwedczuk was taking advantage of his workers being undocumented immigrants.

Chwedczuk will be sentenced to three years in state prison and must pay $200,407 in restitution to his workers.

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