Crime & Safety
Woodbury Woman Pleads Guilty To $1M Tax Fraud: Prosecutors
She owned and operated a St. Paul temporary staffing business and withheld payroll and corporate income taxes, prosecutors said.
WOODBURY, MN — A Woodbury woman pleaded Wednesday to not paying more than $1 million in income taxes for employees at a temporary staffing business in St. Paul, according to federal prosecutors.
Shoua Yang, 43, owned and operated Atwork Staffing from 2014-2018 and was responsible for paying all payroll taxes for the company’s employees. The U.S. Attorney's Office for Minnesota said Yang filed false quarterly forms in 2017 and 2018 that did not report all of Atwork Staffing’s employees or their correct salaries.
Find out what's happening in Woodburyfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
She also had the company pay some of its employees' wages in cash to keep it off payroll records, federal prosecutors said.
Yang also filed false corporate income tax returns for Atwork Staffing that underreported the company’s total income from clients and its true payroll, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.
Find out what's happening in Woodburyfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Woodbury Residents To Pay More For Heat This Winter: Xcel
Her false tax filings resulted in a loss of $1,019,572, prosecutors said.
A sentencing hearing for Yang has not yet been scheduled.
Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.
