- 7 - 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 EasternPage: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Next
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