LOS ANGELES – A California businessman has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison for orchestrating a decades-long employment tax evasion scheme that caused a staggering $60 million in losses to the United States.
Luis E. Perez, the owner and operator of numerous staffing agencies across California—including Check Mate Inc., BaronHR LLC, BaronHR West Inc., and Fortress Holding Group LLC—was sentenced to three years behind bars and ordered to pay over $38 million in restitution, according to a Department of Justice release.…