Robert P. Rubicco: Criminal, Liar, Fraud, Daycare Operator – Part XXI ($118,000 fine for Workers Comp violations)

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WHITE PLAINS, NY (March 29, 2024) — A New Rochelle company has been ordered to pay $118,000 after the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board obtained a civil judgment for failure to maintain required workers’ compensation insurance.

The Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of Westchester, entered the judgment on March 29, 2024, under Index No. 59552/2024. The plaintiff is the Workers’ Compensation Board of the State of New York, and the defendant is APAJ INC, located at 138 Centre Ave, New Rochelle, NY 10805-2802.

APAJ INC is a corporation set up by Rob Rubicco according to court records and is connected to Anna & Jack’s Treehouse and Rob and Christina Rubicco.

Court documents show the board’s Judgment Unit certified that APAJ INC failed to carry workers’ compensation insurance from July 12, 2022, to February 21, 2024. The total balance due was listed as $118,000.

A final notice dated Feb. 26, 2024, warned that if payment was not received immediately, judgment would be filed and the employer would be subject to seizure of assets, both business and personal, without further notice from the board. The notice stated no payment had been received.

In an affirmation of non-payment filed with the court, Michele A. Mealy, Esq., of the Judgment Unit, stated under penalty of perjury that more than 30 days had elapsed since the demand for payment or deposit of security, and no payment had been received except $0, leaving $118,000 due and payable.

A separate affirmation of regularity, also signed by Mealy on Feb. 26, 2024, confirmed that the board had made an assessment in the amount of $118,000 against the defendant in accordance with the Workers’ Compensation Law. It stated that appeals before the board had been exhausted and requested that judgment be entered in the sum remaining due and payable.

The judgment, signed by the clerk on March 29, 2024, adjudged that the Workers’ Compensation Board recover $118,000 from APAJ INC. It granted the plaintiff execution thereon, pursuant to Section 26 of the Workers’ Compensation Law, which allows entry of judgment by the county clerk in the event of default after due notice.

The employer is identified in the documents with WCB Employer # 3286960, UIER # 56-17349.

This article was drafted with the aid of Grok, an AI tool by xAI, under the direction and editing of Robert Cox to ensure accuracy and adherence to journalistic standards.