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Those owed wages by DIT please read!!! - hearts
Posted: Jul 10, 2010
I worked for DIT from 01/10 through 03/10. I quit when I didn't receive my first paycheck on time. At this point DIT still owes me $278. From the other posts I've seen, it looks like DIT Transcription has been doing this to their MTs for a couple of years now. They just brought on a bunch of new clinics, yet my final paycheck from them bounced. To add insult to injury, my bank charged ME an NSF fee.
Both the South Carolina Labor Board and State of South Carolina said they couldn't do anything and that I should file in small claims court. However, a woman in FL who is owed money filed in small claims court, won, but couldn't execute the judgment because according to the Sheriff, there was no property in DIT's name.
Recently I contacted my congressman and am currently waiting to hear back. What I would like to do is send him a list of all the MTs I can locate who are still owed money by DIT. If you would like to be added to the list, please send your name, the amount you're owed, and any other information you think might be relevant to me at flowersandhearts@hotmail.com. Other suggestions posted (and inadvertently deleted) included contacting the Attorney General's office and contacting the Federal Trade Commission.
Hopefully we can get the authorities to investigate this situation and stop DIT Transcription's practice of not paying their MTs once and for all.
no pay - anotherdisgruntled
[ In Reply To ..]how about local district attorney's office for fraud and theft?
DIT - MT
[ In Reply To ..]I am not a lawyer, but common sense tells me that: If a facility/client of DIT knows that DIT is not paying those who are doing the work, AND the facility/client continues to use DIT's services, wouldn't the facility/client be liable for some kind of collusion or aiding and abetting a criminal practice?
Maybe the facilities could be notified that whatever fees they are paying for work done, are not going to those who are doing the work.
Anyone who knows the legalities of this?
Collusion - Just me
[ In Reply To ..]I doubt you could assign any kind of third-party liability to a hospital using DIT. As to "collusion," you would have to prove INTENT on the part of the hospital, which of course, is not there. You would also have a proximate cause issue. The hospital would most certainly be let off the hook on a Motion for Summary Judgment on that one. A better course, IMHO, would be to contact the Fraud Division Attorney General for whatever state you live in as well as the Fraud Division for whatever state DIT is incorporated in, assuming that it is indeed incorporated and is not some boiler room set-up. Has anybody contacted AHDI to see if they have any information on them? I generally have contempt for AHDI, but perhaps this is one area in which they might be helpful. I do think the idea of all of the victims of AHDI coming together is a good one. I hope you sue the socks off the owner.
Maybe? - DA
[ In Reply To ..]Check with the DA office in your area about filing charges on the bad check. We just did that and now there is a warrant out for the person who wrote the check
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