February 16, 2023
A partner in an employment-staffing scheme who admitted hiring undocumented workers in hotels and restaurants throughout Key West, Florida, cheating the government of nearly $8 million in employment taxes, was sentenced to eight years in prison Thursday by a Florida federal judge.
November 23, 2022
A former resident of Key West, Florida, pled guilty to his role in a conspiracy that provided immigrant labor to hospitality businesses in southern Florida and cheated the IRS out of nearly $8 million, according to federal prosecutors.
September 20, 2022
The U.S. Department of Justice and a naturalized U.S. citizen who admitted to defrauding the IRS of more than $3.5 million in employment taxes, told a Florida federal court Tuesday that the citizen will pay his portion of the $6 million in restitution he and other co-conspirators owe the federal government.
August 29, 2022
A partner in a scheme that employed undocumented workers in hotels and restaurants throughout Key West, Florida, bilking the government out of $25 million in employment taxes, has been sentenced to 24 years in prison by a Florida federal court.