A notorious tax cheat has been brought to justice in a case that’s left many wondering how far some people will go to avoid paying their fair share.
Bruce Bochette, a 67-year-old business owner from Charlton, New York, was sentenced to 1 year of probation, to pay a $20,000 fine, and to pay $219,706 in restitution, for evading taxes on unreported business income.
According to investigators, Bochette operates a commercial painting business and had been depositing checks and portions of checks into his personal account that were payments from his company’s commercial painting clients.
In pleading previously guilty, Bochette admitted that for tax years 2017 through 2021, he evaded income taxes by not reporting this income to the IRS, on either his company’s tax returns or his personal tax returns, and did not pay taxes on it.
Bochette admitted to not reporting $825,719.56 in business income, and to evading the assessment and payment of $219,706 in taxes.
The IRS-CI investigated this case and Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Barnett prosecuted this case. United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Thomas Fattorusso, Executive Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), New York Field Division, made the announcement.
Bochette has already made a full restitution payment in the amount of $219,706, bringing a sense of relief to those affected by his actions.
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Key Facts
- State: New York
- Category: White Collar Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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