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In January 1981, petitioner retired from the IRS. Prior to
retiring, petitioner assured Toll that Suval would compromise the
1979 and 1980 audit. Suval and Toll met in June 1981 to confirm
the $65,000 bribe. Subsequently, Suval requested, and Toll
agreed to pay, an additional $50,000, for a total of $115,000, to
ensure the favorable audit. Petitioner was unaware of the
additional $50,000 bribe.
Payment of the $65,000 Bribe
Toll paid Suval the $115,000 in installments beginning in
the Autumn of 1981, and ending in 1983. Suval paid petitioner the
agreed upon $7,500 in installments as Suval received his payments
from Toll.
Criminal Investigation
In early 1984, IRS inspectors confronted Suval with their
knowledge of Suval’s having receiving bribes. Suval agreed to
cooperate with the U.S. Government by wearing a “body wire” in
conversations Suval had with petitioner in April 1984. Suval was
subsequently indicted for, and pleaded guilty to, bribery and
conspiracy to commit bribery, among other offenses.
Concurrently, a criminal investigation of the Cynwyd Group’s
operations commenced in connection with their bribing IRS
officials. Toll was subsequently indicted for, and pleaded
guilty to, bribery and conspiracy to commit bribery, among other
offenses.
On February 4, 1986, petitioner was indicted by the Federal
Grand Jury for and in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern
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