A leader at a Naples construction company has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to defraud the IRS, after prosecutors say he was part of a scheme involving an illegal, off-the-books cash payroll system for construction workers.
When Alex Garcia was the director and manager of operations for Tape Drywall Services Inc. from 2017 to 2019, prosecutors say he made agreements with general contractors that they would sub-contract work to and pay checks to Tape Drywall, which would provide workers for various jobs.
Garcia and the president of the company cashed more than $28.76 million in checks and retained $870,000 for themselves as a fee, according to the plea agreement. They gave the rest of the cash to the foremen, who would pay the workers, the agreement states…