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Danbury Business Owner Sent to Prison For Evading Taxes On $1.5M In Earnings: Feds
A Connecticut business owner will spend seven months behind bars after he admitted to cheating the federal government out of the income tax on nearly $1.5 million in earnings, authorities said.
Bill G. Makros, 58, of Danbury in Fairfield County, pleaded guilty to tax evasion during the summer and was sentenced on Tuesday, Nov. 12, the US Attorney for Connecticut said. Along with his prison term, he must also pay the federal government $137,672 in restitution.
Makros, who owned Budget Tree and Stump Removal Service, LLC in Danbury, asked customers to write checks for the co…
Woman Who Pocketed $1.4M In Unpaid Business Taxes Gets 19 Months In Prison: Feds
A Connecticut businesswoman who admitted to withholding more than $1 million in payroll taxes to spend on her mortgage, home repairs, and casino trips will spend more than a year and a half behind bars, authorities announced.
Michelle Ann Gilson, 38, of Guilford in New Haven County, was sentenced this week to 19 months in prison followed by three years of probation, and she must pay the IRS more than $1.4 million in restitution, the US Attorney for Connecticut said.
Gilson co-owned and co-operated B&M Package Solutions, Inc. and formerly owned and operated Epic Empirez,…
Westport Investment Advisor Gets Jail Time: Did Not Report $1.4M To IRS, Feds Say
An investment advisor from Fairfield County will spend time in prison after failing to report more than $1.4 million in income to the IRS, federal officials said.
Westport resident Thomas Pacilio, age 64, was sentenced on Thursday, April 13 to six months in prison for omitting around $1,476,425 in profits in income tax returns between 2015 and 2018, according to the US Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut.
Earlier Report - Westport Investment Advisor Failed To Report $1.4M In Profits To IRS, Feds Say
According to federal officials, in 2011, Pacilio a…
Westport Investment Advisor Failed To Report $1.4M In Profits To IRS, Feds Say
An investment advisor from Fairfield County is being accused of failing to report more than $1.4 million in profits to the IRS, federal authorities announced.
Thomas Pacilio, age 64, of Westport, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty on Thursday, Jan. 5 to a federal tax offense, Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Joleen D. Simpson, Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation in New England, said.
According to court documents and statements made in court:
In 2011, Pacilio and his partner started Clapboard Hill …
Fairfield County Tax Return Preparer Sentenced For Filing Fraudulent Returns For Her Clients
A tax return preparer from Fairfield County was sentenced for filing fraudulent tax returns for many of her clients.
Torise Baker, age 39, of Bridgeport, was sentenced on Tuesday, Aug. 2, to three months in prison followed by a year of supervised release, according to Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States attorney for the District of Connecticut.
She pleaded guilty to one count of aiding and assisting in the preparation and presentation of false and fraudulent income tax returns on March 21, Avery said.
According to the announcement, Baker was also ordered to pay $112,956 in resti…
CT Man Found Guilty Of Failing To Pay Taxes On $950K In Income
A Connecticut attorney was convicted of failing to pay taxes on about $950,000 in income.
Deron Freeman, a resident of Glastonbury in Hartford County, was found guilty on Monday, April 18, of three counts of making and subscribing a false tax return and four counts of failure to pay income tax, according to Leonard Boyle, United States attorney for the District of Connecticut.
Freeman, age 47, owned a law office in Hartford, where he primarily practiced in the areas of personal injury and criminal law, Boyle said.
The US Attorney's Office said Freeman fell "severely behind" in p…
Operator Of Westport Company Sentenced For Tax Evasion
The operator of a Fairfield County business has been sentenced for tax evasion.
Robert Porzio, age 48, of Westport, was sentenced on Monday, April 4, to 12 months and one day in prison followed by a year of supervised release, according to Leonard Boyle, United States attorney for the District of Connecticut.
Porzio was also ordered to pay a $25,000 fine.
He pleaded guilty on Dec. 16.
Porzio, who operates Bert’s Tree Service, Inc., deposited a number of customers’ checks into personal bank accounts, and he transferred a significant amount of the money into a personal investment account, B…
CT Man Charged With Tax Fraud, Obstruction, ID Theft Offenses
A Connecticut man is facing a host of federal charges for alleged tax fraud, obstruction, and identity theft offenses, officials announced.
Tolland County resident David Kamal, age 60, of Stafford, formerly of Hebron, was charged in an 11-count indictment and will face years in prison if found guilty, US Attorney Leonard Boyle announced.
Specifically, Kamal was charged with:
Two counts of tax evasion;
Four counts of filing a false tax return;
Obstruction;
Four counts of unlawful use of a means of identification.
It is alleged that Kamal evaded taxes for the 2012 and 2013 tax years by fil…
CT Woman Failed To Report $855K Withdrawal From Business, Feds Charge
A 58-year-old Connecticut woman has pleaded guilty to withdrawing about $855,000 from her home cleaning business and failing to report the proceeds on her tax forms.
Kathryn Pocock, of New London County, pleaded guilty to one count of tax evasion on Wednesday, Sept. 15, according to Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut Leonard Boyle.
Investigators found that Pocock, a resident of Uncasville, withdrew the funds from Sunshine Cleaners, LLC, between 2015 and 2019, and failed to report them on tax forms for the business and on her federal income tax returns, …
