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How a Florida Man Hid $28M in Payroll Taxes from the IRS
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Subscribe20 AUG 2025 / ACCOUNTING & TAXES
In two cases of payroll fraud, Alexis Garcia, a drywall manager in Florida, secretly moved $28 million in checks off the books, whilst John Comeau, a California CEO, neglected $1.1 million in payroll taxes. The emergence of these cases coincides with recent payroll tax reforms implemented by President Trump under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB), which demands stricter compliance and increased enforcement, signalling that the IRS is vigilantly observing payroll actions.
Payroll fraud might sound like a relic of the past, but the IRS keeps proving it’s very much alive. Alexis Garcia, a drywall manager in Naples, Florida, secretly moved $28 million in checks off the books between 2017 and 2019, stiffing the IRS out of more...
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