The operator of four North Jersey restaurants was seized by federal Marshals on Thursday for defying several court orders that he provide information that the U.S. Department of Labor has repeatedly failed to get from him, authorities said.

Samad Uddin -- also known as Saman Khan -- owns Wyckoff-based Manhattan Halal Gyro King, which was incorporated four years ago and offers dine-in, delivery and catering services at "Gyro King" restaurants in Elmwood Park, Teaneck and two in Paterson.

The Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division had requested information from Uddin as part of a compliance review that began in November 2020, federal authorities said Thursday, Dec. 15.

When that failed, the department issued an administrative subpoena in December 2020 -- also with no success, they said.

In response, the department’s Office of the Solicitor went to U.S. District Court in Newark and:

• obtained a court order from a federal judge in May 2021 ordering Uddin to comply with the administrative subpoena;
• filed a motion asking the court to find Uddin in civil contempt and fine him for not complying;
• obtained a court order in March 2022 that boosted the fines to $1,000 a day and sought payment of $63,000 worth of to-date fines;
• again demanded that Uddin comply with the administrative subpoena within one week of the order with a warning that an arrest by federal authorities was possible;
• asked a judge to have Uddin taken into custody and remain there until they complied with the...

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