- 4 - knowledge that the income was not properly reported. Toward the end of the calendar year for each of his 1990, 1991, 1992, and 1993 taxable years, petitioner accessed the computer program utilized by the Bank and created entries for mortgage loan interest payments which did not exist. Petitioner caused false interest expenses to be reported and false Forms 1098, Mortgage Interest Statement, to be filed with respondent for petitioner’s 1990, 1991, 1992, and 1993 taxable years. Petitioner utilized the false reported mortgage interest expense information to claim false deductions on his 1990, 1991, 1992, and 1993 returns in the following amounts: Year Amount 1990 $5,645 1991 7,424 1992 7,294 1993 7,149 On November 13, 1995, petitioner pleaded guilty to two counts of an Information in Case No. 95-Cr-188 in the United States District Court of the Eastern District of Wisconsin. Count One of the plea agreement charged petitioner with “knowingly and willfully [scheming] to conceal a material fact from agencies of the federal government”, in violation of 18 U.S.C. sec. 1001 (1994). The material fact concealed was the true amount of interest earned by petitioner, Lois Posnanski, and petitioner’s mother, Mary Posnanski. Count One also charged petitioner with falsifying bank records pertaining to loanPage: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Next
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