In California, a significant case of wage theft has come to light involving more than 1,100 construction workers in Southern California who had their wages stolen by the same employer, identified as the state's worst cited wage theft offender. Despite being known to California regulators, the employer has only paid 2% of the multi-million dollar fines imposed for these violations and is still in business. A KQED investigation highlights the failure of state regulators to compel the offender to pay the millions of dollars his companies stole from workers.