Chinatown businessman charged with dodging taxes
Chinatown businessman Yong Quan Zheng, who operated construction and money services businesses, has been charged with dodging state and federal taxes by filing false documents and paying employees - some of them illegal immigrants - in cash.
Chinatown businessman Yong Quan Zheng, who operated construction and money services businesses, has been charged with dodging state and federal taxes by filing false documents and paying employees - some of them illegal immigrants - in cash.
Zheng's attorney, Greg Pagano, could not be immediately reached for comment.
The U.S. Attorney said that Zheng, 61, who owned Hong Fai General Contractors, later known as Yong General Contractors, hired employees and paid them in cash from October 2010 through June 30, 2012. He is accused of filing false documents with the Pennsylvania Department of Labor, which regulates unemployment compensation, and the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, which collects income tax.
Beyond shorting the government of an estimated $9,637, Zheng is also charged in the four count information with aiding the transportation of illegal immigrants to their jobs at construction sites.
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