A green-job grifter recruited dozens of standout college students for summer work at his start-up, then stiffed them to the tune of nearly $1 million, according to a federal class-action suit.
Mathata “Moe” Mpela — the Brooklyn-based founder of Nalane Green Solutions — hired more than 20 college and graduate students to help run his “Green Apprentice Program,” promising them between $22 and $40 an hour to mentor kids at Transit Tech high school East New York on green tech.
But while the student workers from CUNY and Howard University bought into his idealistic mission “to empower communities, reduce environmental impact, and drive economic…
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