Boston man sentenced for concealing income and filing false tax returns

 

Date: August 3, 2023

Contact: newsroom@ci.irs.gov

A Boston man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for concealing business income and filing multiple false tax returns.

Albert Casiello was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Court Judge Rya W. Zobel to two months in prison and one year of supervised release. Casiello was also ordered to pay restitution of $315,856. In January 2023, Casiello pleaded guilty to three counts of filing false tax returns.

Between 2013 and 2015, Casiello was the president, sole shareholder and primary operator of Cassco Development Group, Inc., a Massachusetts construction business. For each of the tax years 2013, 2014 and 2015, Casiello concealed his business income by depositing customer payments in bank accounts held in the names of other entities. Casiello then filed false tax returns for the years 2013, 2014 and 2015, resulting in a tax loss of $315,856.

Acting United States Attorney Joshua S. Levy and Harry Chavis, Jr., Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service's Criminal Investigations in Boston made the announcement. Assistant U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Markham of the Securities, Financial & Cyber Fraud Unit prosecuted the case.