I am a free-lance State of CA and Federal Court certifed Interp, Spanish<>English. I accpted an assignment from American Language Services (ALS) to cover a Worker's Comp medical exam in Orange County, CA. When I showed up, the patient I was supposed to interpret for turned out to be an English speaker who spoke no Spanish at all despite his Hispanic-sounding last name. I immediately called my supervisor at ALS to inform him of this fact and ask to be relieved. Instead, my supervisor told me to stay at the job site and help the patient fill out his paperwork, which was of course all written in English. I informed my supervisor that filling out English to English paperwork was NOT my job and that it was illegal to bill the State of CA for interpreting services not rendered. My supervisor told me to stay or I would not be paid. I then had no choice but to either engage in outright FRAUD or not be paid $360 for the full day I was scheduled to work. I chose the latter. I have filed a formal complaint with the Los Angeles County Frayd Hotline and am also reporting this fraud here for future reference.
Attention fellow translators. This company is a fraud. They contracted us for $3000 and we provided two interpreters. They paid the deposit by credit card and left the card to charge the balance in case they did not pay. Well, they didnt pay. They played games, change the terms, promised to pay and then stopped retruning calls. We charged the balance due to the card and now they have contested both the deposit and the balance. These people are outright frauds. We are filing a formal complaint with the ata and advise all translators to not work with them. Even when they pay you, you dont even now if you can keep the money. Maybe they are in bad financial condition and support themselves off us freelancers.
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I am a free-lance State of CA and Federal Court certifed Interp, Spanish<>English. I accpted an assignment from American Language Services (ALS) to cover a Worker's Comp medical exam in Orange County, CA. When I showed up, the patient I was supposed to interpret for turned out to be an English speaker who spoke no Spanish at all despite his Hispanic-sounding last name. I immediately called my supervisor at ALS to inform him of this fact and ask to be relieved. Instead, my supervisor told me to stay at the job site and help the patient fill out his paperwork, which was of course all written in English. I informed my supervisor that filling out English to English paperwork was NOT my job and that it was illegal to bill the State of CA for interpreting services not rendered. My supervisor told me to stay or I would not be paid. I then had no choice but to either engage in outright FRAUD or not be paid $360 for the full day I was scheduled to work. I chose the latter. I have filed a formal complaint with the Los Angeles County Frayd Hotline and am also reporting this fraud here for future reference.
Attention fellow translators. This company is a fraud. They contracted us for $3000 and we provided two interpreters. They paid the deposit by credit card and left the card to charge the balance in case they did not pay. Well, they didnt pay. They played games, change the terms, promised to pay and then stopped retruning calls. We charged the balance due to the card and now they have contested both the deposit and the balance. These people are outright frauds. We are filing a formal complaint with the ata and advise all translators to not work with them. Even when they pay you, you dont even now if you can keep the money. Maybe they are in bad financial condition and support themselves off us freelancers.
This is the way they do business.