Section 640. Prosecution and litigation

The failure by any person to do
  any act required by or under the provisions of  this  article  shall  be
  deemed  an  act  committed  in  part  at  the  office  of the industrial
  commissioner in Albany and committed in part  in  the  place  where  the
  person  resides  or has a place for the regular transaction of business.
  The certificate of the  industrial  commissioner  or  deputy  industrial
  commissioner  to  the effect that contribution has not been paid, that a
  report has not been filed, or that information has not been supplied, as
  required  by  or  under  the  provisions  of  this  article,  shall   be
  prima-facie evidence that such contribution has not been paid, that such
  report  has  not  been  filed,  or  that  such  information has not been
  supplied.