WHITE PLAINS – An independent contractor from Yonkers pled guilty in federal court to tax evasion and filing false federal income tax returns.
Mario Nunes, 58, performed construction work, including as a subcontractor for commercial and residential masonry and concrete projects.
He filed false federal income tax returns for tax years 2012 through 2017 and, from about March 2014 through May 2019, orchestrating a scheme to evade payment of his unpaid assessed federal income taxes, including by falsely informing the IRS, in response to its collection efforts, that he was unemployed and relying on family and friends for living expenses.
As the same time, he concealed more than $1.5 million in business income.
Nunes pled guilty to one count of tax evasion, which carries a maximum sentence of five years in federal prison, and six counts of subscribing to false tax returns, each of which carries a maximum sentence of three years in prison.
He has agreed to pay restitution to the IRS of at least $330,83.
Nunes is expected to be sentenced in April.
