A clothing retailer has six months to pay $7.6 million in restitution or he’ll be sentenced to 17 years in state prison after pleading guilty to workers’ compensation fraud and tax evasion, the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration announced.
Jeong Hwan Kim, 59, pleaded guilty to four counts of sales tax evasion, filing false state tax returns, failure to pay payroll taxes and workers’ compensation fraud.
Prosecutors said Kim, who owned more than 50 clothing stores in Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego and Ventura counties, failed to report more than $29 million i...
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