Auto shop owner who paid worker in 91,500 oily pennies ordered to pay nearly $40,000 more - Statesboro Herald

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Auto shop owner who paid worker in 91,500 oily pennies ordered to pay nearly $40,000 more

A pile of pennies at the end of Andreas Flaten’s driveway was covered in some sort of automotive fluid. It came with a note from his former employer. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

oily pennies — A pile of pennies at the end of Andreas Flaten’s driveway was covered in some sort of automotive fluid. It came with a note from his former employer. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

ATLANTA — The owner of an auto repair shop who paid a former employee with 91,500 oily pennies has been ordered by a judge to pay nearly 4 million more cents.

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