IRS goes after Texas executive in a payroll scam
The Internal Revenue Service has ramped up its case against an executive in San Antonio, Texas, who is accused of pilfering nearly $66 million through an elaborate payroll tax scheme, KENS-TV reports.
Patrick Mire is accused of operating a fraudulent payroll company, based outside the city, that achieved contracts with local businesses. Mire presented his company as one that would collect, withhold and process all payroll taxes. Instead, Mire and his associates pocketed most of the money that he collected from companies of various sizes, from sole proprietors to businesses with up to 200 employees, the news station details.
"We have seen a number of these types of prosecutions nationally involving staff leasing companies,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Tom McHugh told the San Antonio Express-News. "When you have the wrong people managing staff leasing companies, this type of conduct is a consequence of that ... San Antonio stepped into the big time with this one."
Mire is charged with 23 indictments over a 15-year period since he allegedly began his scam in 1995. Since then, it is reported that he damaged nearly 5,000 workers during a 12-year stretch.
Patrick Mire is accused of operating a fraudulent payroll company, based outside the city, that achieved contracts with local businesses. Mire presented his company as one that would collect, withhold and process all payroll taxes. Instead, Mire and his associates pocketed most of the money that he collected from companies of various sizes, from sole proprietors to businesses with up to 200 employees, the news station details.
"We have seen a number of these types of prosecutions nationally involving staff leasing companies,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Tom McHugh told the San Antonio Express-News. "When you have the wrong people managing staff leasing companies, this type of conduct is a consequence of that ... San Antonio stepped into the big time with this one."
Mire is charged with 23 indictments over a 15-year period since he allegedly began his scam in 1995. Since then, it is reported that he damaged nearly 5,000 workers during a 12-year stretch.
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