A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania returned a superseding indictment today charging Jimmy Fabian of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with engaging in a scheme to underpay over $7 million in employment taxes owed by his business and filing false tax returns for the business. This indictment supersedes an earlier, August 2025 indictment that charged Fabian and two co-conspirators.
According to court documents, Fabian was the president, owner and operator of Celebes Staffing Services Inc. (Celebes), a labor-leasing company based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which provided temporary workers to client businesses for a fee, including Companies A, B, and C. From approximately in or about September 2020 through at least in or about June 2024, Fabian and two co-conspirators engaged in a scheme to fraudulently underpay employment taxes by underreporting the number of Celebes’ employees, many of whom were not authorized to work in the United States, and the wages and compensation paid to them. Fabian also caused the preparation and filing of false corporate income tax returns for Celebes, in which he substantially underreported Celebes’ gross receipts and disguised his 100 percent ownership of Celebes by listing a co-conspirator as 50 percent owner.
Fabian is charged with one count of conspiring to defraud the United States, thirteen counts of willfully failing to collect, account for, and pay over employment taxes, and four counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation and presentation of false tax returns. If convicted, Fabian faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison for the conspiracy charge and for each count of willfully failing to collect, account for, and pay over employment taxes, and three years in prison for each count of aiding and assisting in preparation and presentation of false tax returns.
IRS Criminal Investigation and Homeland Security Investigations are investigating the case.
Assistant Deputy Chief Thomas F. Koelbl and Trial Attorney Joseph D. G. Castro of the Criminal Division’s Tax Section are prosecuting the case.
On April 7, the Department of Justice announced the creation of the National Fraud Enforcement Division (Fraud Division). The Fraud Division is laser-focused on investigating and prosecuting those who commit fraud against the American people. The Department’s work to combat fraud supports President Trump’s Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, a whole-of-government effort chaired by Vice President J.D. Vance to eliminate fraud, waste, and abuse within Federal benefit programs.
An indictment is merely an allegation. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.