It's About Payroll

Season 5 is here! In this episode, we kick off season 5 discussing cybersecurity & payroll scammers. Special thanks to Kristin Hines whose article we highlighted in this show. 

https://www.bremer.com/insights/business/2021-10-04-how-to-avoid-payroll-diversion-scams 

In this True Payroll Crime Story, we discuss the father and son team that committed tax fraud by hiring undocumented employees.

https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/courts/2023/01/12/payroll-fraud-illegal-workers-puts-jacksonville-builders-in-prison/69794512007/ 

 https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdfl/pr/father B-and-son-owners-jacksonville-construction-firms-plead-guilty-conspiring-defraud 

Payroll Crime - Tax Fraud

Type of Business - Construction

Perpetrator(s) - Raul Solis & Raul Solis-Martinez (Father & Son)

Place - Jacksonville, FL

Length of scheme - 2014 to 2019 (5 years) 

Sentencing - Father 33 months & Son 21 months

Total Money Impact - 22.2 million in unreported payroll earnings & 5.6 million payroll tax loss by US government ( basically stole 5.6 mill)

In this episode we close out season 4 with a look back the topics we covered and highlight our wonderful Season 4 guests.

Here's another True Payroll Crime story!!! We look at two separate payroll crimes where people deceived many and stole from millions in payroll funds. See the links below regarding these cases.Michael Mannhttps://www.timesunion.com/business/article/Documents-show-how-Mann-tried-to-cover-up-his-17203355.php https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fbi-agents-raid-home-ceo-connected-payroll-processing-fraud-n1055591 https://quickbooks.intuit.com/ca/resources/payroll/what-is-payroll-insurance-coverage/ Veronica & the ganghttps://freightalent.com/freight-news/6th-person-pleads-guilty-in-1-4m-scam-against-texas-trucking-companies/ https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdtx/pr/six-arrested-1m-payroll-fraud-scheme

In this episode we are joined by the amazing Melisa Vicioso as we find out a little about her and discuss global payroll.

In this episode Brian & Walter discuss what you could do if your payroll process is failing. We'd love to hear from you. How would you advise a company remedy a failed payroll process?

In this episode Tori Reyes joins us to discuss benefits and things businesses or individuals can do when looking for benefit providers. 

 If you or someone you know are in the market for a benefits provider then reach out to Tori Reyes! Tori & her team over at US Health advisors will take great care of you! 

 Tori Reyes 

 📲 210-388-2990

 📩 [email protected] 

 https://www.linkedin.com/in/tori-reyes-413bb123a/

In this episode we discuss an actual payroll crime and provide solutions on how it could have been prevented. 

 See the links below for more information about the actual crime we discussed in this episode.

 https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndil/pr/former-payroll-manager-chicago-museum-charged-misappropriating-more-2-million-0

Convicted of bank fraud

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1344

Fraud by wire, radio or television

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1343

Fran Zeoli joins us this episode to discuss how businesses and payroll departments can navigate bankruptcy. Check Fran out on LinkedIn. 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/franzeoli/ 

She's back! Founder & Owner of Valor Payroll Solutions, Christina Hageny, PHR, CPP, SHRM, joins us once again to discuss what businesses can do to determine if they need an In House Payroll or an outsourced payroll service. It's a goodie! 

Check out Valor Payroll while you're at it or if you know someone that needs some top tier payroll service. 

https://valorpayrollsolutions.com/ 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/christina-hageny/