An auto-repair shop owner who dumped about 91,500 pennies on an ex-employee's driveway was ordered by a federal judge to pay almost $40,000 to workers.
He was sued by the US government for repeatedly failing to pay wages and illegal retaliation against an ex-worker, according to the lawsuit viewed by Insider. He was also told to remove any images or references of Flaten from A OK's website and banned from posting further references to him online. about the penny stunt after the incident went viral to push back against the coverage of the events, as well as insult Flaten who isn't named but referred to as a"subpar ex-employee." The page is no longer available on the company's website.