Newsbrief: Ore. CEO indicted for federal tax fraud

A federal grand jury indicted the CEO of Oregon-based retailer La Mota for eight counts of tax fraud alleging she failed to pay $1.5M in federal payroll taxes between March 2020 and December 2021, according to a statement put out by the federal prosecutor for Oregon.

CEO Rosa Cazares and her romantic and business partner Aaron Mitchell were the "power couple" at the center of a series of 2023 stories by Willamette Week, about how they had expanded their business while facing a number of tax liens, unpaid debts . . .