Willful Misclassification. Insurance Fraud. Tax Evasion. Untaxed Cash Pay. Money Laundering. Racketeering.

Honest Businesses Can't Compete with Ones that Cheat

Employer payroll fraud takes many forms—and they all give law-breakers an unfair edge for stealing jobs from honest companies and employees.

Every year, these well-planned schemes steal billions from taxpayers, government agencies, insurers, Social Security, and more.

Learn more about these crimes—and about the growing state and federal efforts to fight back.

Be fair to honest businesses. Fight payroll fraud.
    





A new report by the Economic Roundtable shows that 1 in 6 California workers are victims of payroll fraud - a stat that jumped an alarming 400 percent since 1972.

The report is titled: Sinking Underground: the Growing Informal Economy in California Construction.

The report illustrates the negative impacts of this payroll fraud, such as hundreds of millions of dollars lost in state and federal taxes, fewer middle class construction jobs and the inability to attract or retain skilled workers.
 




    





    

The global McClatchy news service published a multiple-story special report on payroll fraud and misclassification Issues that flood the construction industry. Read the full series by clicking here.

Media Blitz Exposes Payroll Fraud as a Nationwide Epidemic