Dennis Condron, a 75-year-old resident of Cheshire and owner of D Condron Construction, has been charged with four counts of tax fraud related to a scheme in which he allegedly concealed over half a million dollars in customer payments. The announcement was made by Acting United States Attorney Leah B. Foley and Thomas Demeo, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation, Boston Field Office.
According to the charging document, for three years Condron deposited some customer payments into his company’s accounts while cashing other checks and diverting those funds to his personal accounts. Prosecutors allege that when preparing his taxes, Condron failed to inform his preparer about these cashed checks, leading to significant underreporting of business income on his tax returns. This resulted in him retaining hundreds of thousands of dollars that should have been paid as federal and state income taxes.
Condron has agreed to plead guilty to the charges. A plea hearing date has not yet been set by the court. Assistant U.S. Attorney Caroline Merck from the Springfield Office is handling the prosecution.
“The details contained in the charging document are allegations. The defendant is presumed to be innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in the court of law,” according to officials.
