District Court, C.D. California May 8, 2018, Case No 5:17-cv-00542-SVW-JEM; 2:17-cv-01696-SVW-JEM (Prompt Staffing, Inc. v. United States)

STEPHEN V. WILSON, U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE

I. Introduction

For twenty years, Joseph Byrne was the chess master behind a temporary-staffing agency empire. Byrne orchestrated a network of more than a dozen corporate entities that shielded his assets and allowed him to evade the IRS and avoid his personal tax liabilities.