Area Attorney Admits To Federal Tax Charges

An attorney in the area has admitted to failing to pay more than $225,000 in taxes.

A Connecticut attorney pleaded guilty to failing to pay taxes between 2006 and 2014.
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12/26/2019 9:00 a.m.

Bethany resident William Palmieri, 56, pleaded guilty in Bridgeport district court to two counts of willful failure to pay income taxes, U.S. Attorney for Connecticut John Durham announced.

Palmieri, an attorney with a practice specializing in civil rights law, reported to the Internal Revenue Service, but did not pay, all the income taxes he owed, between 2006 and 2014, even though he had the ability to make substantially greater tax payments during that time, Durham said.

As of December 2017, Palmieri owed $227,709 in taxes, interest, and penalties.

Palmieri remains released on bond and is scheduled to be sentenced on

Thursday, March 12 next year, when she will face up to two years in prison, a fine, and is expected to be ordered to pay restitution to the IRS.

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