Trucking Co. Owner Sentenced to 300 Days, Must Pay Restitution

The owner of a California trucking company was sentenced to 300 days in jail and ordered to pay at least $351,516.31 in restitution and $60,000 in fines after being convicted of fraud and tax evasion charges.Ricardo Casillas of Salinas was convicted of one count of making a material misrepresentation to obtain a lower workers’ compensation insurance premium, one count of insurance fraud and one count of willfully failing to file payroll tax returns with intent to evade tax.Prosecutors said previously that Casillas set up a shell corporation in Arizona to avoid California's more costl...