Small business owner advocates for the new minimum wage
Fretboard Coffee owner Dave Elman supports the $11.15 minimum wage increase.
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Fretboard Coffee owner Dave Elman supports the $11.15 minimum wage increase.
COLUMBIA - Fretboard Coffee said someone impersonating a Columbia Police Department officer on the phone scammed an employee into putting the company's cash on a Visa gift card. In a Facebook post, Fretboard said the suspect convinced the staff member the business was under investigation for having counterfeit money. The scammer appeared to call from owner Dave Elman's phone number, and told the employee it was okay to transfer the money. The post said one other small business has been "successfully targeted" in the same way. Fretboard is working with CPD to prevent it from happening again, b...