Hamden Man Sentenced To Prison For Tax Evasion

HAMDEN, CT — A Hamden man has been sentenced to six months in prison for failing to pay more than $480,000 in federal taxes through a scheme in which he failed to report significant sales commissions that were earned over a nine-year period, according to authorities. Ira Malkin, 49, was also sentenced to three years of supervised release following the prison term, U.S. States Attorney for Connecticut John H. Durham announced on Thursday. During his term of supervised release, Malkin must spend six months in home confinement and perform 200 hours of community service, according to Durham. Malkin pleaded guilty to tax evasion earlier this year.

According to court documents and statements made in court, Malkin worked as a principal salesman for Good Copy Printing Center Inc. (GCP), a printing company located in New Haven. Malkin earned substantial commissions from GCP based on sales made to customers. (To sign up for Hamden breaking news alerts and more, click here.)

“Between approximately 2003 and 2012, GCP paid many of Malkin’s personal expenses,” the U.S. States Attorney's office wrote in a press release. “With Malkin’s consent, GCP reduced Malkin’s commissions by the amount of personal expenses the company paid. GCP then reported to the IRS through filed W-2 forms that Malkin had earned substantially less income than he truly earned.

“In addition, GCP handled printing jobs for Comcast, which included GCP mailing out flyers and paying the relevant postage expense with the expectation that GCP would subsequently be reimbursed for that expense. Malkin had GCP pay the postage expense for the Comcast mailings, had Comcast reimburse him for the cost of the mailings, and then had GCP reduce his earned commissions by the amount of postage paid by GCP. Through this arrangement, between approximately 2009 and 2012, GCP further underreported Malkin’s income on W-2 forms filed with the IRS.”

Through this scheme, Malkin underreported more than $1.5 million in income and failed to pay $484,581 in federal income taxes, according to authorities.

Malkin has paid all of his back taxes, but still owes the IRS more than $700,000 in interest and penalties. He pleaded guilty in February to one count of tax evasion.

Malkin, who is released on a $50,000 bond, was ordered to report to prison on Oct. 11.

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