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Business Owner Pleads Guilty to Underreporting Payroll

  • State: California
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The owner of a Southern California janitorial company pleaded guilty to underreporting payroll by more than $1 million in an effort to reduce his workers’ compensation premiums, the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office announced.

Victor Vega, 53, faces up to 10 years in prison and could be ordered at a June 5 sentencing hearing to pay $428,867 in restitution.

Vega, the owner of Vega’s Cleaning Service, pleaded guilty to four felony charges of making false statements to reduce the cost of work comp insurance. County prosecutors in a statement said Vega systematically underreported more than $1 million in payroll between December 2010 and February 2015.

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Nathan McMurry Apr 10, 2018 a 3:04 pm PDT

My Guess: Victor creates Shell 1 Company- 10 employees insured through ________, Shell 2 Company- 1,000 employees. Victor insures Shell 1 and calls the Shell 2 Company Independent Contractors. If employee at Shell 2 gets hurt, Victor looks to joint and several liability of Shell 1 insurance carrier to cover Shell 2 company employee, banking that UEF is too underfunded to go after Shell 2.

Donna Hall Apr 10, 2018 a 3:04 pm PDT

Those dastardly doctors don't get this kind of punishment and their abuses are much greater and more prevalent.......such injustices.

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