Connecticut Insurance Agent Under Fire for Not Paying Wages

The head of a Hartford, Conn.-based insurance firm under investigation for allegedly failing to pay $670,000 in premiums to two of the city’s insurance carriers is also accused of owing wages to employees of his now-defunct restaurant. According to The Courant, two complaints have been filed against Earl O’Garro Jr.’s short-lived eatery Us Restaurant for neglecting to pay wages shortly before the eatery closed its doors in September. The complaints are under investigation by the state Department of Labor. O’Garro has also defaulted on a state loan for his Hybrid Insurance Group, and his home faces foreclosure, state and town records indicate.

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