Law & Disorder: 2 Jacksonville men arrested in illegal construction fraud case

Undercover surveillance of illegal immigrants working at home construction sites in Duval and St. Johns counties led to Saturday's arrests of two men on charges their company, HMC and Associates Construction Group LLC, filed false paperwork and laundered workers' pay. Moises M. Torres and Raul Hernandez-Rodriquez, both of Jacksonville, are in the Duval County jail on $300,000 and $200,000 bail, respectively. The investigation has been under way since 2007 by a task force of police, immigration and state financial investigators. It concentrated on subcontractors who avoid paying workers compensation premiums by setting up fake companies that file false insurance coverage certificates. That reduces the cost of a project and makes them more popular when a contractor is bidding for services, according to the arrest report. Read more at Jacksonville.com: http://jacksonville.com/news/crime/2011-04-12/story/law-disorder-2-jacksonville-men-arrested-illegal-alien-construction#ixzz1JbCP9Xgq