David Motovich, owner of a lumber and construction materials business, was charged in Brooklyn Federal Court on Tuesday with bank fraud, aggravated identity theft and witness tampering. He was arrested in the morning and appeared before United States Magistrate Judge Roanne L. Mann on Tuesday afternoon.

The complaint charges that since at least 2012, Motovich  operated an illegal check-cashing business from his family-run lumber business in Midwood.

The customers of Motovich’s illegal check-cashing business were primarily the owners and operators of construction companies who paid their employees in cash to avoid having to pay state and federal employment taxes, including taxes owed under the Federal Income Contributions Act.

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