Hamden man Ira Malkin, 48, pleaded guilty today to a decade-long tax evasion scheme that cost the federal government $484,581. Facing Chief U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven, Malkin waived indictment and admitted to one count of tax evasion, sealing his fate in a case built on falsified income reports and hidden perks.
Malkin, once a top salesman at Good Copy Printing Center Inc. (GCP) in New Haven, earned big commissions from client sales. But between 2003 and 2012, he and the company conspired to erase his real earnings. GCP paid off his personal expenses—then slashed his reported commissions by those amounts. The result? W-2 forms filed with the IRS showed a fraction of his actual income.
The scam deepened between 2009 and 2012 through a shell game involving Comcast mailings. GCP covered postage costs for Comcast flyers, expecting reimbursement. Malkin rerouted the process: he had GCP pay the postage, collected the reimbursement directly from Comcast, and then forced GCP to deduct those same amounts from his commissions. The income vanished from the books—again, off the IRS’s radar.
Through this layered deception, Malkin systematically dodged $484,581 in federal income taxes. The IRS Criminal Investigation Division unraveled the scheme after tracing discrepancies in GCP’s filings and tracking the flow of Comcast reimbursements funneled through Malkin’s control.
Sentencing is set for May 22, 2018. Malkin faces a maximum of five years behind bars. He has agreed to full restitution to the IRS, plus accumulated penalties and interest on the unpaid balance—a financial reckoning that could stretch far beyond the original sum.
The case was investigated by the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Division, and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Christopher W. Schmeisser. No co-conspirators have been charged, but sources confirm the probe into GCP’s financial practices remains open.
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Key Facts
- State: Connecticut
- Agency: DOJ USAO
- Category: Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Source: Official Source ↗
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