$90 million tax fraud scheme relied on undocumented immigrant hiring, prosecutors allege

$90 million tax fraud scheme relied on undocumented immigrant hiring, prosecutors allege

An Orange County staffing company owner and three others were arrested Thursday on a federal indictment alleging they cheated the Internal Revenue Service out of more than $90 million, money prosecutors say was used for the purchase of homes, rental properties and luxury vacations in Hawaii, Tokyo, Paris, Dubai and elsewhere. Lorena Padilla, 49, of Villa Park, the case’s lead defendant, is charged with one count of wire fraud conspiracy, one cou…

$90 million tax fraud scheme relied on undocumented immigrant hiring, prosecutors allege

An Orange County staffing company owner and three others were arrested Thursday on a federal indictment alleging they cheated the Internal Revenue Service out of more than $90 million, money prosecutors say was used for the purchase of homes, rental properties and luxury vacations in Hawaii, Tokyo, Paris, Dubai and elsewhere. Lorena Padilla, 49, of Villa Park, the case’s lead defendant, is charged with one count of wire fraud conspiracy, one cou…

$90 million tax fraud scheme relied on undocumented immigrant hiring, prosecutors allege

An Orange County staffing company owner and three others were arrested Thursday on a federal indictment alleging they cheated the Internal Revenue Service out of more than $90 million, money prosecutors say was used for the purchase of homes, rental properties and luxury vacations in Hawaii, Tokyo, Paris, Dubai and elsewhere. Lorena Padilla, 49, of Villa Park, the case’s lead defendant, is charged with one count of wire fraud conspiracy, one cou…

Orange County Staffing Company Owner Arrested on Federal Indictment

An Orange County staffing company owner and three other defendants were arrested today on an eight-count federal indictment alleging they cheated the IRS out of more than $90 million and defrauded numerous clients by failing to pay employment taxes withheld from the wages of temporary workers – many of them illegal immigrants – and used the unpaid taxes to fund their luxurious