$90 million tax fraud scheme relied on undocumented immigrant hiring, prosecutors allege

An Orange County staffing company owner and three others were arrested Thursday on a federal indictment alleging they cheated the Internal Revenue Service out of more than $90 million, money prosecutors say was used for the purchase of homes, rental properties and luxury vacations in Hawaii, Tokyo, Paris, Dubai and elsewhere.
Lorena Padilla, 49, of Villa Park, the case’s lead defendant, is charged with one count of wire fraud conspiracy, one count of money laundering conspiracy, and six co