Staffing Firm's San Bernardino, Calif.-Area Offices Open as Fraud Charges Pend.

Byline: Bob Dixon

Jan. 12--None of the remaining Inland Empire offices of Checkmate Staffing will close as a result of the company's Dec. 30 bankruptcy filing, according to Marc Winthrop, the company's bankruptcy attorney. Winthrop is a partner in Winthrop Couchot LLP, a Newport Beach law firm that specializes in bankruptcy cases.

As part of an earlier restructuring effort, one of the temporary labor firm's two Corona offices closed. The San Bernardino and Rancho Cucamonga offices remain open, Winthrop said.

Orange-based Checkmate Staffing sought protection under Chapter 11 of federal bankruptcy protection laws scant weeks after company officials …