pe ▁Gonz ales , ▁who ▁became ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁" D ine - and - D ash ▁D ater ", ▁was ▁arrested ▁and ▁charged ▁with ▁ 1 0 ▁fel on ies ▁after ▁ 1 3 ▁women ▁came ▁forward ▁about ▁his ▁actions . ▁ ▁Sometimes ▁the ▁establishment ▁may ▁make ▁their ▁employees ▁pay ▁the ▁cost ▁of ▁customer ▁the ft ▁to ▁give ▁them ▁an ▁in cent ive ▁to ▁police ▁their ▁customers . ▁They ▁may ▁do ▁so ▁explicitly ▁by ▁ded uct ing ▁un pa id ▁me als ▁from ▁w ages ▁or ▁tips , ▁or ▁implicitly ▁through ▁an ▁end - of - shift ▁recon c ili ation ▁system ▁where by ▁the ▁server ▁is ▁expected ▁to ▁provide ▁enough ▁c ash ▁and ▁credit ▁card ▁rece i pts ▁to ▁cover ▁the ▁cost ▁of ▁their ▁customers ' ▁me als , ▁and ▁keeps ▁any ▁sur plus ▁as ▁tips . ▁In ▁some ▁local es , ▁this ▁is ▁an ▁illegal ▁form ▁of ▁w age ▁the ft , ▁and ▁if ▁the ▁server ▁is ▁held ▁responsible ▁for ▁tabs ▁that ▁are ▁not ▁paid , ▁the ▁employ er ▁is ▁li able ▁for ▁pay ing ▁back ▁the ▁server ' s ▁st olen ▁w ages . ▁ ▁In ▁Michigan ▁and ▁many ▁other ▁states , ▁" Def ra ud ing ▁an ▁inn keeper " ▁is ▁a ▁special ized ▁stat ut ory ▁mis de mean or ▁off ense , ▁with ▁a ▁maximum ▁penalty ▁of ▁ 9 3 ▁days ▁in ▁j ail ▁and ▁a ▁fine ▁of ▁up ▁to ▁$ 5 0 0 ▁and ▁possible ▁prob ation ▁for ▁up ▁to ▁ 2 ▁years . ▁