Carpentry Company Charged With Avoiding $300,000 in Comp Premiums

Florida authorities have charged the owners of a construction company with under-reporting payroll and avoiding more than $300,000 in workers' compensation premiums. Jerson Geovanny Quiroz and Reyna Elizabeth Quiroz, owners of Quiroz Carpentry in Miami, were arrested Wednesday. Investigators found that the firm had more than $1.9 million in payroll but reported only $55,500 to the carrier, Norguard Insurance, Florida's chief financial officer said Thursday. “Having insufficient coverage is a serious crime that puts employees at risk, takes business away from reputable cont...