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The Losses Keep Mounting
More than $8.4 billion a year is lost to Construction Industry Tax Fraud! Watch the losses climb, from Jan. 1, 2017 to now.
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National News
- 19 State AGs Join Opposition to USDOL Joint Employer Rule
- The Gutting of the IRS
- IRS Tax Enforcement Collapsing
- State AGs Can Protect Labor Standards
- 12 State Attorneys Call on NLRB to Crack Down on Misclassification
- IRS Inspector General: Egregious Payroll Tax Evasion Exploding
- Voters Say Contracting Out & Misclassification Are Serious Problems
- Shell Games: The Construction Industry’s Perfected Fraud Scheme
- Payroll Fraud an Unfair Labor Practice
- Economic Policy Institute: Misclassification is a Large and Growing Problem
- Pro Publica Series: The Demolition of Workers’ Comp
- Pro Publica Series: How Much is Your Arm Worth?
- Contract to Cheat National Report
- Court blocks noxious USDOL Joint Employer Rule
- USDOL to Reconsider Harmful Rule
- USDOL Withdraws Harmful Independent Contractor Rule
Arizona
California
- New CA Law Beefs up Tax Fraud Task Force
- CA Strengthens Employment Rights
- CA Contractor Faces 20 Years for Forced Labor
- CA Contractor Cited $12 Million for Wage Theft
- Cal Construction Owners Arrested in $6 Million Fraud/Theft Case
- CA DIR Seeks $2 Million from Drywall Contractor
- CA DIR Collects $1.1 Million
- L.A. Times Op-Ed: Workers’ Comp Protections Are Aggravated by Payroll Fraud
- Wage Theft Confidential-How Your Earnings Are Stolen
- State Cracks Down on Wage Theft by Employers
- Contractor Convicted in $3.1 Million Workers’ Compensation Fraud Case
- CA Supreme Court Adopts Favorable Employment Test
- San Francisco DA Creates Worker Protection Unit
- CA AG Establishes Workers Rights Unit
- San Diego DA Establishes Worker Protection Unit
Canada
Colorado
Connecticut
District of Columbia
Florida
- FL Contractor Arrested for Premium Fraud Scheme
- Shell Games: How Construction Cons Steal Worker Comp Premiums
- Florida Man Gets 27 Months in Federal Prison
- Did Miami’s Biggest Developer Avoid Labor Taxes? Feds Investigating
- U.S. DOL and Florida Sign Agreement to Reduce Payroll Fraud
- Additional Arrests in “Operation Dirty Money” Announced
- Feds Nab Fraud Scheme Organizers
Hawaii
- Hawaii Contractor Fine $767K for Alleged Payroll Fraud
- DOL Seeks $500,000 From Hawaiian Contractor
- Undercover Video of Cash Pay Leads to Major Investigation on Hawaii Project
- State Gets $1.09 Million to Fight Payroll Fraud
Illinois
- IL Creates Labor Protection Unit in AG Office
- IL Contractors Told to Pay $1.1 Million
- Chicago carpenters help workers get $187k in back pay
Indiana
Kentucky
Louisiana
- LA Labor Broker Indicted
- USDOL Says LA Contractor Must Pay 179K
- New Orleans Contractors Investigated
- LA Focus on Fraud Joint Enforcement Leads to $2.7 Million in Assessments
- A Billion Dollar Blueprint for a Taxpayer Rip-Off
- A White-Collar Game with Blue-Collar Pieces
- Penalties are a Slap on the Wrist
- Louisiana Workforce Commission Puts Employer Tax Evaders on Notice
Maine
Massachusetts
- MA Contractor Sentenced in Fed Case
- Contractors & Developers Need to Play by the Rules
- MA AG Assesses Construction Cos Over $2.7 Million
- New Study Shows Wage Theft is Rampant in Residential Construction Industry
- New England Regional Council of Carpenters publishes “Escaping the Underground Economy: One Carpenter’s Story”
Michigan
Minnesota
- Crooked MN Contractor Guilty of Labor Trafficking
- MN Contractor Arrested for Trafficking and Other Abuses
- Immigrant Workers Exploited in MA Building Boom
- Residential Construction Industry Built on Payroll Fraud Model
- MN Labor Trafficker Locked Up for 4 Months
- MN Drywall Contractor Arrested for Fraud
- MN: Former Owners of Merit Drywall Guilty
Missouri
Montana
New Jersey
- NJ Contractor Gets 3 Years in Jail for Ripping Off Workers
- NJ Gov. Signs Stop Work Order Law
- NJ, DE and PA Depts of Labor Sign Cooperation Agreement
- NJ Task Force Issues Missclassification Report
- NJDOL and USDOL Sign Agreement to End Fraud
- NJ Authorities Say Busted $100 Million Construction Money Laundering Scheme
- Underground Construction Economy Costs NJ Taxpayers Millions
- NJ Gov Creates Misclassification Task Force
- NJ Says Contractors Liable for Subs Wage Theft
- NJ Payroll Manager Pleads Guilty
- NJ Contractor Indicted for Premium Fraud
New York
- NYC DA Vance Files Fraud Charges Against Labor Broker and Insurance Agent
- NY Contractor Pleads Guild to Tax Fraud
- CRV Precast Indicted in NYC
- Contractor Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter
- NY County and State Prosecutors Team Up Against Wage Theft
- NYC Construction Company to Pay $727k
- Builders of NYC Skyscraper Being Sued for Wage Cheating
- More than $1.4 Million is Recovered in Back Wages and Damages for 300 Workers
- NY DAs Target Wage Theft
North Carolina
Oregon
Pennsylvania
- Pittsburgh Creates Const. Fraud Taskforce
- Pennsylvania Payroll Fraud Public Awareness Campaign
- Contractor Formally Charged in Workplace Scam
- PA AG and DA Arrest Contractor
- Crooked PA Contractor Gets 23 Months
- Pittsburgh Mayor Cracks Down on Fraud
- PA Contractor Accused of Stealing $20 Million
- PA Builder Arrested for Fraud
Rhode Island
- Rhode Island Governor Cracks Down on Payroll Fraud
- Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training Signs Agreement with U.S. DOL to Protect Misclassified Workers
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Washington
Wisconsin