SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A Granite Bay grocery store owner and former Sacramento City Council member pleaded guilty to running multiple fraud schemes through his Viva Supermarket chain, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.
Shahriar “Sean” Loloee, 55, pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiracy to obstruct a Department of Labor investigation, conspiracy to defraud the IRS, three counts of filing false tax returns, wire fraud, and money laundering.
Federal prosecutors said that between 2008 and 2020, Loloee and co-conspirators sought to obstruct multiple Labor Department investigations by directing employees to provide false information and submitting records with altered hire dates to conceal undocumented labor and reduce back wages owed…