Morgantown Construction Company Sentenced for Tax Fraud, Employing Illegals

CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Hetzon Marroquin Reyes, owner and operator of A&M Homes, LLC, in Morgantown, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 24 months in federal prison for employing illegal aliens and tax fraud, United States Attorney Matthew L. Harvey announced.

Reyes, also known as "Hector," age 41, hired and harbored illegal workers for his construction company. Reyes, a Guatemalan resident, in the United States on a temporary visa himself, created fraudulent documentation for the illegal workers to provide to the West Virginia Division of Labor inspectors and fraudulently used others' social security numbers for the aliens' tax paperwork.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Jarod Douglas prosecuted the case on behalf of the government.

The case was investigated by the Department of Homeland Security, the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigations, and the Social Security Administration-Office of Inspector General.

This case is part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime.

U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey presided.