February 6, 2004 - United States Attorney Patrick L. Meehan today announced the filing of a three-count Information* charging THOMAS CITRO as follows: in Count One with obstruction of justice, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1512(b)(1), and in Counts Two and Three with attempting to evade and defeat income taxes for 1996 and 1997, in violation of Title 26, United States Code, Section 7201.

According to the Information, CITRO failed to file tax returns or pay taxes for 1996 and 1997. Moreover, while a grand jury was investigating CITRO's tax evasion, including CITRO's commercial transactions with a witness subpoenaed to testify before the grand jury, CITRO attempted to persuade the witness to provide a fake document and false testimony regarding the commercial transactions to the grand jury.


DEFENDANT
ADDRESS


AGE [Date of Birth]
THOMAS CITRO
Cinnaminson, New Jersey
August 31, 1962

If convicted, CITRO faces a maximum term of 20 years imprisonment, a 3 year period of supervised release, a $450,000 fine, and a $300 special assessment. This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Internal Revenue Service.

The case has been assigned to Assistant United States Attorneys Richard Barrett and Todd Schulman.

UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
EASTERN DISTRICT, PENNSYLVANIA
Suite 1250, 615 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106		 Contact:
RICH MANIERI
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215.861.8525
*An Indictment or Information is an accusation. A defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.