Durham Man Sentenced For False Tax Returns

DURHAM, CT — A Durham man and West Haven business owner was sentenced to three years' probation yesterday for filing false tax returns, according to a statement from John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut. William Scalzi, 62, will serve the first six months of that sentence in home confinement and pay a $2,500 fine.

According to prosecutors, Scalzi was the owner of Transportation General, Inc., of West Haven and understated his taxable income by running personal expenses through his company

Scalzi used his company’s credit cards to pay for numerous personal expenses, which were deducted as business expenses on Transportation General’s corporate tax returns, Durham's statement said.

He also did not include these personal expenses as income on his personal tax returns for the 2007 through 2010 tax years.

Scalzi pleaded guilty in February to one count of subscribing a false tax return.

He has paid nearly $300,000 in restitution to the IRS to clear his criminal and civil tax liabilities for 2007 through 2010, according to Durham.