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New York State Department of Taxation and Finance Commissioner Robert L. Megna announced today that Lynn George Robinson, 52, of 237 Miller Ave., Freeport, was sentenced recently in Nassau County Court to six months in jail and five years probation after being convicted of evading personal income taxes and failing to turn over nearly $200,000 in sales taxes she collected from businesses she owned during the 1990's.
Robinson must pay $278,678 in back taxes, interest and penalties.
Robinson had two co-conspirators in her scheme to defraud the State and various mortgage, real estate and title companies. One of the co-conspirators was a Tax Department worker, Charles Belgrave, who earlier pled guilty to fraud and conspiracy charges and was forced to resign his position. The other co-conspirator, Leroy Nelson, was a NYPD detective who earlier pled guilty to a fraud charge and was forced to resign from the police department.
Commissioner Megna said, "The Tax Department has significantly increased its commitment to combating tax fraud. Our newly-formed Special Investigations Unit is working across the state with local district attorneys to expose and prosecute those who engage in tax fraud and criminally conspire to cheat honest taxpayers and deprive state and local governments of needed tax revenue. I thank Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice and her staff for helping to bring these criminals to justice."
For more information about this case, please visit the Nassau County District Attorney's website at http://www.nassaucountyny.gov/agencies/DA/NewsReleases/2008/102908robinson.html.
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