Calgary restaurant owners jailed for financial abuse of temporary foreign workers

Three restaurant owners who financially abused their immigrant employees were handed jail terms this week by a Calgary judge.

The offenders — Manikandan Kasinathan, Chandramohan Marjak and Mary Roche — were each sentenced to 90-day jail terms, to be served on weekends, after they were convicted of fraud over $5,000.

Kasinathan, Marjak and Roche, who co-owned Marina Dosa and Tandoori Grill in Calgary, will also be placed on 18-months probation and must pay back the $44,000 they stole from three employees.

The sentences follow a piecemeal trial that began in the summer of 2024 and wrapped up in May 2025 with the conviction decision by Justice Sandra Mah.