Feds Uncover "Expansive" Illegal Alien Hiring Scheme in South Carolina Construction Industry
Published:
Wed, Oct 27th 2021 @ 5:56 pm EDT
Federal prosecutors in the state of South Carolina have secured dozens of guilty pleas from people involved in S.C.’s construction industry who illegally hired unauthorized aliens and paid them through unlicensed check-chasers to avoid detection by the Internal Revenue System.
The guilty pleas are just the first signs of what federal prosecutors called an “expansive” undercover investigation of construction companies and contractors along the South Carolina coast who hired illegal aliens and defrauded the government of tens of millions of dollars in taxes from employers and illegal employees.
Additionally, The Washington Times reports, “The unscrupulous businesses [who used illegal labor] also were able to undercut other construction companies that were following the law, authorities said.”
Ronnie Martinez, special agent in charge at Homeland Security Investigations in the Carolinas, added:
https://www.numbersusa.com/news/fed-prosecutors-uncover-expansive-illegal-alien-hiring-scheme-south-carolina
