Tree Trimmer Tries to Prune Taxes

Posted on May 08, 2022

The owner of Bert’s Tree Service in Connecticut, Robert Porzio, was charged with tax evasion for failing to report more than $900,000 in income on his tax returns from 2012 to 2016.

Porzio deposited numerous business checks into his personal bank accounts, transferred thousands of dollars into a personal investment account, and hid the payments from his bookkeeper.

He was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison, fined $25,000, and ordered to pay restitution to the IRS in the amount of $331,388, plus interest and penalties.