Farida Jhabvala Romero | KQED

The California Labor Commissioner’s Office ordered Rafael Rivas’ RDV Construction Inc. and RVR General Construction Inc. to pay $16.2 million for defrauding more than 1,100 workers in Southern California in 2018 and 2019. The agency, which issued the citations for back wages and penalties in 2018 and 2019, had recovered just 2%.