The Ralphs supermarket chain was indicted Thursday on federal charges of hiring workers under false names and violating numerous other labor laws during the 2003 grocery strike in Southern California. The grocery chain issued thousands of paychecks to falsely identified employees and allowed the workers to cash the checks at its stores, the indictment alleged. The chain tried to conceal the practice from the workers' union.
See "Ralphs Indicted on Charges Tied to Strike", Associated Press, The New York Times, December 14, 2005