Owner of Uninsured Security Firm Pleads No Contest

The owner of a Northern California private security company pleaded no contest to operating without workers’ compensation insurance, grand theft and failing to file payroll tax returns with the intent to evade tax, the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office announced.Alberto Hernandez, 40, has operated Salinas Valley Private Security since 2007, and has been illegally uninsured since 2011, according to the District Attorney’s Office. Since 2008, he has been collecting employees’ payroll tax deductions but did not report wages paid or submit the deductions he collect...