Posted on 02/28/2025 10:56:34 AM PST by Morgana
The owner of a migrant employment agency in Pennsylvania has pleaded guilty to harboring illegal aliens and $3 million in tax fraud, the IRS reported on Monday.
Andy Ha, the owner and operator of migrant staffing firm Prosperity Services, Inc., pleaded guilty to the charges of harboring illegal aliens for financial gain and failing to pay $3 million in employment taxes for the illegal aliens that he helped get jobs in small Pennsylvania towns such as Charleroi, just south of Pittsburgh.
According to an announcement by the Internal Revenue Service, Ha “paid for more than 25 workers who were not legally authorized to be in the United States to stay in a former hotel.” And he did not report the workers to his tax preparer. His final returns reportedly only represented 10 percent of the workers he was aiding through his company.
“The defendant broke the law by harboring and employing individuals not authorized to be in the United States,” Acting United States Attorney Rivetti said in the press release.
Rivetti continued:
In addition, defendant Ha cost the U.S. government millions of dollars through his failure to pay taxes related to his business. Our office and our law enforcement partners at all levels will continue to ensure that those who seek to profit from the employment of such workers, and who fail to pay taxes, face appropriate consequences under the law.
Shocking footage reveals an operation in Charleroi, Pennsylvania, where Haitians are being bused to and from food factories operated by Fourth Street Foods.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
“The owner of a migrant employment agency in Pennsylvania has pleaded guilty to harboring illegal aliens and $3 million in tax fraud”
wow, a twofer! ya gotta love it!
Scammer criminals certainly come in all varieties but for my part, if I see an Asian name - that covers a lot of the world - I give them extra scrutiny.
Ditto African.
I did not see reported in the Reuters article what penalties Ha faced.
If it’s just a fine, HA gets away cheap and will look for his next scam on the US Taxpayers.
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