BATON ROUGE - A Youtuber whose sketches include posing as an employee of a fake government agency was sued in federal court by a Baton Rouge business after he uploaded a prank video featuring them that received over 100,000 views.
Holmes Building Materials, Inc. and supervisor Derek Jones sued Carliemar White, who identified himself as "Agent Ratliff, ID No. 33712" from OCDA. In a recent video, "Ratliff" tells Holmes employees that he and a colleague are investigating employee complaints against the business.
The lawsuit alleges that, on Aug. 1, 2025, White went to Holmes' place of business and purported to be employees of OSHA, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
In the YouTube video, White calls his agency the Occupational Cares Diversity Affairs, though the company's l