September 26, 2007
Jacksonville, FLORIDA: House framers given probation, hired illegal aliens to avoid paying payroll taxes ($970,000 in unpaid taxes)

The Florida Times-Union

JACKSONVILLE, Florida -- Two Jacksonville house framers received probation Tuesday for their roles in a fraud scheme that involved using illegal aliens to avoid payroll and other taxes.

John A. Morgan, 63, and Christopher Kemp, 40, both received three years of probation to include five months of house arrest after a prosecutor vouched for their cooperation and remorse. They had faced up to 21 months in prison under federal sentencing guidelines, U.S. District Judge Henry Adams said.

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Posted by tyne at September 26, 2007
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