| To Tax
Fraud in 2015
Emmanuel
Skountzos Pled
Guilty Now
Probation
Opposes Travel
to Greece
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Aug 3 – Without prior
announcement, and without a
docket number, Emmanuel
Skountzos pleaded guilty to
tax crimes on September 13,
2023 before U.S. District
Court for the Southern
District of New York
Magistrate Judge Sarah L.
Cave. Inner City Press was the
only media there.
Skountzos
allocuted to under-reporting
over $300,000 in taxes in
2015. The AUSA added that he
used check cashing stores in
Manhattan. (Since the case is
or was not in PACER, research
on the Internet indicates he's
based in Brooklyn).
His plea
deal is for 18 to 24 months.
The AUSA said the case has
been referred to District
Judge Paul G. Gardephe.
On January 4,
Richard S. Kestenbaum wrote to
Judge Gardephe that "As I am a
Village Judge, I am required
to tour the Nassau County Jail
annually which had been
scheduled for 5:30 pm." He
wants the sentencing at 2
"which would give me
sufficient time to timely
arrive at the jail tour."
Judge to judge.
On January 23 he
filed Skountzos' sentencing
submission, asking for no jail
time: "I respectfully pray
that this Court not imprison
Skountzos," citing his seven
children and W-2s from a
plumbing company.
On February 1 the
UN Attorney's Office wrote in
to request three years
probation, 150 hours of
community service and
restitution.
But on February
8, he got 60 days, Otisville
recommended: "JUDGMENT In A
Criminal Case. Date of
Imposition of Judgment:
2/8/2024. Defendant Emmanuel
Skountzos (1) pleaded guilty
to Count(s) 1. IMPRISONMENT:
Sixty days. - The court makes
the following recommendations
to the Bureau of Prisons: It
is recommended that the
Defendant be designated to the
facility in Otisville, NY. -
The defendant shall surrender
to the United States Marshal
for this district: at 2:00
p.m. on 3/11/2024.
RESTITUTION: $307,306.00.
Jump cut to
August 3, 2026. Skountzos
asked to travel to Greece. The
US Attorney's Office replied
no object, but Probation
saying there has not been
continued compliance with
payments said they oppose
international travel at this
time.
The case is US v.
Skountzos, 23-cr-473
(Gardephe)
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