WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Five members of the same extended family have been charged in what investigators describe as a family-run construction fraud ring that allegedly used shell companies to conceal millions of dollars in payroll, avoid workers’ compensation insurance premiums and operate unlicensed check-cashing businesses across South Florida.
According to a 195-page arrest affidavit filed in Palm Beach County, investigators with the Broward Sheriff’s Office Money Laundering Task Force and the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office allege the group operated an organized enterprise through multiple construction companies based out of the same West Palm Beach address.
The five defendants arrested by Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office are:
- Marlen L. Suazo Gutierrez, who investigators identify as the alleged leader of the enterprise
- Gustavo Lara Suazo
- Blanca Cecilia Ramirez Farina
- Alejandra…
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