The Asymmetry Files — Episode 2. By Rémy Bigot, montersonbusiness.com
In the first article, I documented how I filed federal complaints for worker misclassification against GreenTomatoMedia* (a limited liability company registered in New Mexico, USA), and how a foreign criminal-law threat was used in an attempt to silence me before I filed.
That article was read by people I did not expect.
Since publishing, I have been contacted a LOT.
I now have more documents, screenshots, and accounts that go well beyond my own case.
I will not name a single person.
Their identity stays protected.
But the pattern is becoming hard to ignore — and that is exactly why I am writing this second article.
This is a direct call to anyone who has worked, or is currently working, with Green Tomato Media as an « independent contractor. »
Why This Matters For You, Not Just For Me
Worker misclassification is not a personal grievance.
It is a structural issue.
When a company treats contractors like employees — controlling how, when, and where they work, integrating them into core operations, requiring exclusivity — but labels them « independent contractors, » every single one of those workers may be affected the same way.
If that describes your relationship with GreenTomatoMedia, then what happened to me is not my story.
It is probably yours too.
And here is the part that companies relying on this model don’t want you to know: regulators don’t weigh one complaint the same way they weigh a pattern.
One isolated filing is easy to set aside.
A documented pattern across multiple contractors is an investigation.
The Current Status Of My Case (Public Record)
So you know this is real and active, not noise:
- New Mexico Department of Justice — complaint filed and acknowledged under case reference NMDOJ-ITK-2026-07115, then referred onward for review.
- US Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division — misclassification complaint filed on June 23, 2026, acknowledged. This is the federal body with jurisdiction over Fair Labor Standards Act violations.
- IRS Form 3949-A — ready for reporting suspected tax-law violations tied to misclassification.
- NEW : FBI IC3 — a separate complaint filed regarding the foreign criminal threat in Indonesia used to discourage me from pursuing the labor claim.
These are filings with government agencies.
The case reference is a matter of public record.
I am reporting documented facts, not opinions.
How To Know If You Were Misclassified
You DON’T need a lawyer to figure this out.
Ask yourself three questions.
1. Behavioral control (the IRS test).
Did they control how you worked — your schedule, your tools, your day-to-day methods — and not just the final result?
If yes, that points toward employee status.
2. Economic reality (the Department of Labor test).
Were you economically dependent on Green Tomato Media for most of your income?
Were you restricted from working for competitors?
Did the relationship look more like a job than an independent business?
If yes, that points toward employee status.
3. Integration.
Were you performing core business functions — content creation, editorial, channel management, operations — rather than a one-off external service?
The more integrated you were, the weaker the « contractor » label becomes.
If you answered yes to these, the contract you signed does not decide your status.
The reality of the relationship does.
That is settled US labor doctrine.
What You Can Do — For Free, Without A Lawyer
Every one of these filings is direct, documented, and costs nothing:
- IRS Form SS-8 — request an official determination of your worker status.
- IRS Form 3949-A — report suspected tax violations linked to misclassification.
- US Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division — file at dol.gov/agencies/whd/contact/complaints.
- Your own state or national labor authority, depending on where you are based.
If you were misclassified, you may be entitled to back pay, unpaid overtime, reimbursement of the employer’s share of payroll taxes, and other protections you were denied.
How To Reach Me — And How I Protect You
If you worked with Green Tomato Media and recognize your own situation here, contact me through Linkedin.
Three commitments, in writing:
- I will never publish your name without your explicit, written consent.
The evidence I already hold is shown stripped of identities. - You stay in control. Coming forward to me does not commit you to filing anything.
You decide your own steps. - You are not exposed alone.
We are preparing a coordinated approach — a collective or class action — precisely so that no individual carries the risk by themselves.
I am keeping this measured on purpose.
I am not asking you to attack anyone.
I am asking you to document what you experienced and to know your rights.
The facts are strong enough on their own.
They don’t need to be exaggerated.
Why I Keep Going
I tried to resolve this privately, starting in early May.
They didn’t accept.
What I will not do is let a contractor model that offloads legal risk onto the most vulnerable people in the chain — freelancers working internationally, far from the jurisdiction that’s supposed to protect them — go undocumented.
If you’ve been there, you already know the feeling.
You are not alone.
And you have more recourse than they want you to believe.
This case is ongoing. I will publish updates as the regulatory process develops.
PS: If you worked with Green Tomato Media and recognize your own situation here, contact me through Linkedin.
Rémy Bigot — montersonbusiness.com. This article reports documented facts about active regulatory filings and general information about US worker-classification law. It is not legal advice.
*GreenTomatoMedia also run a youtube channel, called FutureRadar, who use MY work to do their videos.
Proof from Youtube :
