Town Of Oyster Bay Commissioner Frederick Ippolito Indicted For Six Years Of Tax Evasion

An indictment was unsealed today in United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York charging Frederick Ippolito, a resident of Syosset, New York, with six counts of tax evasion. Ippolito is the Commissioner of Planning and Development for the Town of Oyster Bay (TOB). Ippolito is scheduled to be arraigned this afternoon before United States Magistrate Judge A. Kathleen Tomlinson at the federal courthouse in Central Islip.

The charges were announced by Loretta E. Lynch, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, and Shantelle P. Kitchen, Special Agent-in-Charge, Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation, New York (IRS-CI).

According to the indictment, from 2008 to 2013, Ippolito received over $2 million in consulting fees from Carlo Lizza & Sons, Paving, Inc., a company located in Old Bethpage, New York, as well as from a principal of that company. Ippolito allegedly evaded taxes on that income by willfully failing to report it on his personal tax returns or the tax returns of entities he controlled. Ippolito is the President of CAI Associates, LTD, a consulting and snow removal business, and a former officer of CAI Restaurant, Inc., d/b/a Christiano’s, in Syosset, New York. If convicted, Ippolito faces a statutory maximum sentence of five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 on each of the six counts.

“Tax evasion victimizes every taxpaying American,” stated United States Attorney Lynch. “We and our partners in the IRS will continue to aggressively identify and pursue all individuals – including public officials – who evade their taxes. No one is above the law.”

IRS-CI Special Agent-in-Charge Kitchen stated, “The public expects their elected and appointed officials to obey the same laws as it does. IRS-Criminal Investigation is committed to ensuring that everyone pays their fair share. Public officials will be held accountable for their actions before they took office, while they serve the public, and after they leave office. They must meet their tax obligations just like the people they serve.”

The charges in the indictment are merely allegations, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

The government’s case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Catherine M. Mirabile and Raymond A. Tierney.

The Defendant:

FREDERICK IPPOLITO

Age: 76

Syosset, New York

E.D.N.Y. Docket No. 15-CR-129