It’s one thing to find out the landscaper is using illegals in their company. It’s completely different to hire one yourself and keep her off the books until your under the microscope. I assume he was a user of the cheap labor express. Making it right when caught is like putting the money back after robbing the bank when the cops show up. This seems hypocritical. Maybe I am reading it wrong.
No, you got it right.
You do understand that many people who have household help rely on “services” to provide & vetthe employees? I don’t know the situation here, but that could well be the case.