Brooklyn bookkeeper and two others indicted for stealing $1.1 million in payroll fraud scheme
GRAVESEND, N.Y. — A Brooklyn bookkeeper and two alleged accomplices were indicted and arraigned for stealing more than $1.1 million through a payroll fraud scheme that spanned five years and involved fake…
OMG! Chuck Schumer Spends $10 Million Annually on Staff Payroll
NEW YORK — A newly released expenditure report details the official personnel and office expenses for Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) for the 2024 funding year, including staff salaries and…
Politico Faces Payroll Issues Amid Revelations of U.S. Government Funding
Washington D.C. – Politico, a leading left-leaning political journalism outlet, has encountered a significant financial hiccup as it failed to pay its employees for the most recent pay period, leading to widespread…
School payroll director pleads guilty to $471,000 fraud scheme
OKLAHOMA CITY — Kim Weinrich, 67, of Mustang, Oklahoma, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to wire fraud and filing a false tax return, admitting to embezzling over $471,000 from Mustang Public Schools over…
Former Westmoreland County employee charged in payroll theft investigation
GREENSBURG, Pa. — A former director of the Westmoreland County Purchasing Department has been charged with theft and misapplication of entrusted property following allegations of unauthorized payroll adjustments, county detectives announced. Kristopher…
Lakewood Businessman Receives Prison Sentence for $10 Million Payroll Tax Evasion
TRENTON, NJ – An Ocean County businessman, Josef Neuman, 37, of Lakewood, New Jersey, has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for not paying more than $10 million in payroll taxes.…
Payroll processor Paychex misses revenue estimates on weak client spending
(Reuters) – Paychex missed Wall Street estimates for third-quarter revenue on Tuesday, hurt by sluggish client spending on its human capital management and payroll services, sending its shares down nearly 4% in…
New York Man Convicted for Wire and Mail Fraud in Payroll and PPP Scheme
NORFOLK, VA – Derickson Lawrence, 67, from Mount Vernon, New York, has been convicted by a federal jury on charges of wire and mail fraud. Lawrence served as the Chief Executive Officer…
Beverly Farms Businessman Sentenced for Payroll Fraud Scheme
BOSTON – Frank Loconte, a 62-year-old from Beverly Farms, has been sentenced to 20 months in prison following his involvement in a fraudulent payroll scheme that resulted in significant financial losses for…
Brazil’s Lula vetoes extension of payroll tax exemption
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has decided to veto a bill which was set to extend a payroll tax exemption to some 17 sectors until 2027, the…
Massachusetts Businessman Pleads Guilty to Million Dollar Payroll Tax Fraud Scheme
BOSTON – A Melrose man pleaded guilty today to a decade-long tax fraud scheme in which he failed to pay employment taxes he had withheld from employees of his two businesses. …
Fed is cutting staff after more than a decade of payroll growth
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Reserve system is cutting about 300 people from its payroll this year, a small but rare reduction in headcount across an organization that…
Brazil’s lower house approves extension of payroll tax exemption until 2027
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s lower house of Congress approved on Wednesday the main text for a project that extends a payroll tax exemption for 17 economic sectors for another four years. The…
Former Newark Restaurant Owner Pleads Guilty to Payroll Tax Fraud
CAMDEN, N.J. – Jorge Fernandes, a 76-year-old man from West Orange, Essex County, pleaded guilty to failing to collect payroll taxes from his employees. The charges were related to his ownership of…
Oroho Calls for Murphy Administration to Dedicate Pandemic Relief Funds to Prevent $1 Billion Payroll Tax Increase
Sen. Steven Oroho called for the Murphy administration to dedicate pandemic relief funds to the Unemployment Insurance Fund to prevent $1 billion of cumulative payroll tax increases on New Jersey employers.…
Additional charge filed in Central Regional High School bullying case, disgraced super still on payroll
BERKELEY TOWNSHIP, NJ – The Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office levied another charge against a student involved in the bullying incident that led to the eventual death of 14-year-old Adriana Kuch in Berkeley…
Co-Owner Of Multiple Companies Sentenced To 12 Months And A Day In Prison For Failing To Pay Over $1 Million In Payroll Taxes
You are here FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, February 15, 2023 A co-owner of multiple businesses was sentenced today to 12 months and a day in prison and two years of supervised release…
Three women arrested for skimming $71,000 in payroll from Atlantic Health
MORRIS PLAINS, NJ – Three women have been arrested and charged in connection with the theft of payroll funds from Atlantic Health System in Morris Plains. According to Morris County Prosecutor Robert…
Jefferson City Business Owner Sentenced for Tax Evasion, Failure to Pay More Than $500,000 in Payroll Taxes
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – A Jefferson City, Mo., business owner has been sentenced in federal court for tax evasion and for failing to pay over more than $500,000 in payroll taxes. Gina…
Operator of San Gabriel Valley Employment Staffing Company Pleads Guilty to Criminal Charge for Failing to Pay Over Payroll Taxes to IRS
LOS ANGELES – A Diamond Bar man pleaded guilty today to a federal criminal charge for deliberately failing to pay more than $200,000 for one three-month period’s payroll taxes that were…
Miami Business Owner Pleads Guilty to Payroll Tax Crime
MIAMI – Today Miami resident Ari P. Weingrad, 51, pled guilty to willfully failing to pay over employment taxes to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The proceeding was held before U.S. Magistrate Judge…
Wilkes-Barre Moving Company Owner Sentenced For Failing To Pay Required Federal Payroll Taxes
SCRANTON- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Jason T. Cawley, age 44, owner of J. Cawley Moving, located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on…
Beverly Farms Man Indicted for Multi-Million-Dollar Payroll Scheme
BOSTON – A Beverly Farms man was charged today in a 13-count indictment in connection with a payroll scheme involving underreporting of overtime hours for his union employees and failing to collect…
Beverly Farms Man Indicted for Multi-Million-Dollar Payroll Scheme
BOSTON – A Beverly Farms man was charged today in a 13-count indictment in connection with a payroll scheme involving underreporting of overtime hours for his union employees and failing to collect…
Brooklyn Massage Parlor Pimp Indicted for Withholding Payroll
NEW YORK, NY – A Queens man who operated a sex trafficking and prostitution business out of his Bay Ridge massage parlor has been indicted. According to Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez,…
Phil Murphy Hit New Jersey Businesses with $300 Million in New Payroll Taxes
From the Desk of Senator Steven Oroho, NJ-R TRENTON, NJ – In a state notorious for its worst-in-the-nation business climate, the Murphy Administration timidly unveiled a $300 million tax increase for employers…
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