Contractor Sentenced to 10 Years for Fraud, Wage Theft

A contractor was sentenced to 10 years in prison after he was convicted of defrauding his workers’ compensation carrier and stealing more than a half million dollars in wages from employees on a student housing construction project at the University of California, Davis. The Yolo County District Attorney’s Office announced Earl Thompson, 56, pleaded no contest to all charges and was sentenced Wednesday. The court found Thompson ineligible for probation based in part on his history of similar offenses and prior felony convictions for insurance fraud and tax evasion, according to pr...