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Penn Township-basedWorley & Obetz Inc.is being investigated for fraud by the Federal Bureau of Investigation along with the Lancaster County district attorney's office and Northern Lancaster County Regional Police,LNP reported.
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Few details of the investigation are available.
"The investigators are not revealing their progress, which they say will take weeks at least, but we are confident justice will be served,"the company said last Thursdayin aFacebook post.
The investigation is not the only trouble the company is facing.
Last month Worley & Obetz laid off 105 people, the post said.
"Our remaining team, our customers and even many of the unfortunate people who were laid off - even though none of them did anything except work very hard and provide great service to customers - have been incredibly supportive. It is both a humiliating and inspiring event. But it is an event that will pass, and we will all get through it one way or another," the post read.
Worley & Obetz laid off 45 people in management and administrative roles from its various offices in Pennsylvania and New Jersey on May 21, the statement read.
An additional 60 layoffs were announced four days later...