20,336 Kenwood Manufacturing, Inc.

29 COR 40-4783 [¶ 20,336]

PENALTIES - FINANCIAL HARDSHIP
Employer established financial hardship where it had been seriously victimized by an accountant's fraud and embezzlement. After establishing all the required elements to meet the financial hardship defense, Employer's $805,610 penalty was reduced to $402,247.

Summary of COSHAB-ALJ's decision dated July 12, 2002, Docket Nos. 00-R6D2-3923 to 3934, 3935, 3936 to 3939 and 3940 to 3942 (Santa Ana, CA).
Barbara J. Ferguson, Administrative Law Judge.

For Employer: Todd Block, Chief Operating Officer.
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