The largest-ever wage theft case in Fairfax County history ended with a conviction against a government contractor's CEO, the county's commonwealth's attorney announced Thursday.

Thomas Burns Sr., former head of SP Global, Inc., in Chantilly, Virginia, failed to pay a total of more than $5 million in wages to more than 40 employees at the company. The 75-year-old former CEO pleaded guilty to three felonies: two counts of wage theft of more than $10,000, and one count of conspiracy to commit wage theft.

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In October 2020, SP Global stopped paying their more than 40 employees, according to a news release from Fairfax County Commonwealth's Attorney Steve Descano.

Burns, along with other executives at the company, "repeatedl

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