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APRIL 7, 2009
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Longmeadow Businessman Indicted for Tax Crimes
Springfield, MA - A Longmeadow businessman was indicted today in U.S. District Court on tax evasion and failure to file tax returns charges.
United States Attorney Michael J. Sullivan and Susan Dukes, Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation - Boston Field Office, announced today that GARY P. MALLOWS, of Longmeadow, Massachusetts was indicted by a federal grand jury. The Indictment charges MALLOWS with one count of tax evasion and three counts of willful failure to file tax returns.
The Indictment alleges that MALLOWS concealed assets and income that he received from various sources, including income he received as a result of committing larceny from an estate for which MALLOWS provided accounting services. It also alleged that MALLOWS evaded payment of a Trust Fund Recovery Penalty assessed by the IRS in 2001 in the approximate amount of $86,237.08. In addition, MALLOWS allegedly failed to timely file tax returns for 2002, 2003 and 2004.
The case was investigated by the Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation. It is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Kevin O'Regan of Sullivan’s Springfield Office and Tino Lisella of the Department of Justice’s Tax Division.
The details contained in the Indictment are allegations. The defendant is presumed to be innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
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