Four Indicted in Alleged Off-the-Books Payroll Scheme

Federal grand jurors last week indicted four Florida residents who allegedly ran an illegal payroll system to avoid taxes and to shortchange workers' compensation insurers. The U.S. Department of Justice said Iris Villafranca, Mario Flores, Osman Zapata and Cristofer Oseguera Giron — all Honduran nationals — were charged with conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business and conspiracy to defraud the United States. DOJ said the four used a string of shell companies to run an illegal check-cashing and cash courier business, processing ...