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Article: Daily Record News Briefs: June 24, 2009
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- Daily Record (Rochester, NY)
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- June 24, 2009
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Paybooks charged
The Rochester-based payroll company Paybooks Inc. and its
president, Jeffrey Sykes of Lime Kiln Road, Wayland, have been
charged with defrauding hundreds of area businesses out of millions
of dollars.
The state filed suit against Paybooks on Tuesday before state
Supreme Court Justice Kenneth R. Fisher in Monroe County.
The state Attorney General's Office won a temporary restraining
order freezing Sykes's personal assets and appointing a temporary
receiver to operate the company and determine customer tax
liability.
In total, Paybooks owes more than $2 million in late taxes, plus
interest and penalties, according to a statement from Attorney
General Andrew Cuomo.
"Paybooks ...