Alexis Garcia admits to conspiring in an off-the-books operation that defrauded the IRS and insurance companies of millions.

A Naples man has pleaded guilty to charges of conspiring to defraud the United States by operating a vast off-the-books payroll scheme that involved cashing over $28 million in checks. The plea, entered by Alexis Garcia before Magistrate Judge Kyle C. Dudek in the Middle District of Florida, must still be formally accepted by a U.S. district court judge.

According to court documents, Garcia conspired with others to run an illegal cash payroll system for construction workers, specifically to avoid paying employment taxes to the IRS and to defraud workers’ compensation insurance providers.

The scheme operated between 2017 and 2019 while Garcia managed Tape Drywall S

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