Joint State and Local Law Enforcement Investigation
OAKLAND— On September 15, 2025, the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office announced that the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office Consumer, Environmental, and Worker Protection Division secured a court order of restitution against Ferooz Nangeyali and Alexandra Nangeyali, the co-owners of Alfa Private Security in Union City. Defendant Ferooz Nangeyali pleaded guilty to felony wage theft and insurance premium fraud.
In September of 2021, the California Department of Insurance (CDI) opened an investigation into workers’ compensation insurance fraud and employee wage theft committed by the owners of Alfa Private Security, an armed security company operating in the Bay Area. The four-year joint investigation with CDI and the California Labor Commissioner’s Office, in conjunction with the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office, involved an extensive review of Alfa’s workers’ compensation policies, its financial records, and interviews of former employees who claimed they were not lawfully compensated for working regular and overtime hours.
The prosecution has located 37 of the 81 individuals identified as victims of wage theft. The court ordered that the defendants pay restitution of $210,652 to those defrauded workers, and to repay $80,872 to the State Compensation Insurance Fund, reflecting their loss based on ongoing criminal misrepresentations by defendant Ferooz Nangeyali and his wife, Alejandra.
Ferooz Nangeyali and Alejandra Nangeyali are scheduled to return to court for further proceedings on November 4, 2025. Alejandra Nangeyali is responsible, along with her husband, for full restitution to all victims, and will have her charges dismissed in a year if the victims are repaid and she is of good conduct.
“It is important that we protect workers from employers who break labor laws and protect programs that assist workers should they become injured on the job. This was a joint investigation that will result in workers and SCIF in getting money that they should have received,” said Alan Barcelona, president of the California Statewide Law Enforcement Association.
