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July 24 2002 The United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California announced that Dean Anthony Durante was sentenced yesterday to 18 months in prison for making and subscribing a false federal income tax return for 1995. The sentence was handed down by U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker following a guilty plea on one count in violation of Title 26, United States Code, Section 7206(1). Mr. Dean Anthony Durante, 40, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, was indicted by a federal grand jury on September 6, 2001. He was charged with filing false tax returns for the years 1994, 1995, 1996 and 1997. According to the plea agreement, Mr. Durante admitted to filing a 1995 tax return that was materially false because he did not report the amount of $233,967.35 on the tax return which he received from his employer, Amador Home Health Agency. Judge Vaughn Walker sentenced the Defendant to 18 months in federal prison and restitution in the amount of $86,654.00 to Internal Revenue Service, as well as a one year period of supervised release. The Defendant will begin serving the sentence on or before September 30, 2002. The prosecution was the result of an investigation by Special Agent Kevin Tighe of the Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation. Jay R. Weill is the Assistant U.S. Attorney who prosecuted the case with the assistance of Kathy Tat.
A copy of this press release and related court documents may be found on the U.S. Attorney's Office's website at www.usdoj.gov/usao/can. All press inquiries to the U.S. Attorney's Office should be directed to Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew J. Jacobs at (415)436-7181. |