| Whittick
Pleads To Tax Evasion for LEEBA and
Himself, Gets 24 to 30 Month Guideline,
Hiccup
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
July 18 – Steven Whittick was
treasurer of the Law
Enforcement Employees
Benevolent Association; he was
charged with embezzlement, tax
evasion and false
statements.
On July
16, U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of New
York Judge P. Kevin Castel
held a change of plea
proceeding. Inner City Press
covered it.
The
US Attorney's Office,
which agreed not to pursue
other charged and agreed to a
sentencing guideline of 24 to
30 months, said in a press
release that Whittick pleaded
to charges of conspiring to
evade more than $250,000 in
federal taxes, including
payroll taxes owed by LEEBA
and its employees, and his own
personal income taxes.
Whittick
also pled guilty to lying to
federal officers during the
course of the investigation in
this case.
LEEBA is a labor
union that represents certain
law enforcement officers
employed by the City,
including officers from DEP,
the City Department of
Sanitation, and the City
Department of
Transportation.
The only hiccup,
otherwise unnoted, was
Whittick initially not saying
he knew it was illegal at the
time.
His lawyer
quickly got it back on track.
This was not mentioned in the
prosecutors' subsequent press
release. Sentencing is set for
November 17.
The overall case
is US v. Wynder, Jr. et al.,
20-cr-470 (Castel)
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