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Do I Have Enough To Report A Business Owner For Debt Bondage?

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Location: Stuart, Florida/Port St Lucie, FL/Jupiter, FL. I have tried to talk to actual attorneys about this but they can't be bothered.

The owner coerces employees in the initial interview, telling us he can basically ask him for money to pay off our bills. I know this because he said it to me directly and others. I never did it but I worked here for about 5 months and had several people tell me they sign off over 50% of their checks to him, basically guaranteeing he has employees for life. Even if they wanted to leave they couldn't because they owe him thousands of dollars. He pays employees' rent, car pmts, big ticket items from the shop.

Debt bondage is apparently a form of human trafficking. If I report it, several people who do want to work there will lose their jobs. He has about 7 stores total in all the cities I listed, that's a lot of employees. If I don't, the asshole keeps getting away with it. Would anonymously reporting this be the best way to go? Or do I just chalk this up to people making bad decisions?

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