Temp Agency Owner Pleads Guilty to Tax and Workers' Compensation Fraud

A Swansea resident has pleaded guilty to federal charges of running a long-term, off-the-books payroll scheme and evading workers’ compensation premiums through her temporary employment agencies. Souleang Kane, 48, pleaded guilty Tuesday to 18 counts of willful failure to collect and pay employment taxes to the Internal Revenue Service, and five counts of mail fraud in connection with evading paying workers’ compensation premiums, prosecutors said. Kane grossly understated her payroll from several businesses she operated and fraudulently reduced her comp premiums by more than $10...