A friend of mine was mistakenly paid $1,820 an hour instead of $18.20.

The payroll error left her with nearly $22,000 she wasn’t supposed to receive.
She kept the money.
Within weeks, prosecutors filed felony charges, and now she’s facing the possibility of prison.
Meanwhile, plenty of companies have been accused of unpaid overtime, wage theft, or misclassifying employees for years.
Those cases often crawl through civil court for years—if they ever make it that far.
An employee who benefits from one payroll mistake becomes a criminal.
A business that underpays hundreds of workers? That’s often treated as an administrative problem.
Justice doesn’t always move slowly.
It moves quickly when the system decides you’re the one it wants to punish.