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Story summary
- Crown alleges Mahendra Patel, owner of Osh Enterprises, secretly recorded staff and threatened them with blackmail.
- A New Zealand court is hearing charges that Patel underpaid migrant workers at Coin Saver stores.
- The Ministry says workers are owed $994,465 in wages and $301,649 in holiday pay.
- Police searches of Patel’s home found cash after a former employee filed a blackmail complaint, his lawyer saying wages were paid and denying any threats.
