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June 10, 2010
The owner of S&P Temporary Help Service Inc., a Providence RI staffing firm, pleaded guilty Tuesday to underreporting wages and failing to pay between $7 million and $20 million in federal withholding, Social Security and Medicare taxes, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Rhode Island.
S&P's owner, Cheang Chea, 73, faces possible prison time and fines, according to the U.S. Attorney's office. A charge of mail fraud includes a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a fine of $250,000. Another charge of tax evasion includes a maximum of five years in prison and a $100,000 fine, and a charge of theft from a health benefit program includes a maximum sentence of 10 years and a $250,000 fine.
Chea's company provided workers to approximately 30 Rhode Island companies, and its workforce was made up of primarily non-English speaking immigrants, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.