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Attorney From Fairfield County Sentenced For Evading 566K In Taxes Attorney From Fairfield County Sentenced For Evading 566K In Taxes
Attorney From Fairfield County Sentenced For Evading 566K In Taxes A Hudson Valley attorney living in Fairfield County will spend time behind bars after admitting to tax evasion and failing to pay over payroll taxes during a long-running scheme. Danbury resident Francis O’Reilly, an attorney in Putnam County, in Carmel, was sentenced this week to 18 months in prison for an elaborate scheme that cost the U.S. Treasury more than $800,000 following his guilty plea last year. Prosecutors said that O’Reilly has been permitted to practice law in New York since 1989, and has been a self-employed attorney who worked out of Putnam County at the O’Reilly Law Practic…