Sentencing For Former Town of Oyster Bay Commissioner Charged With Tax Evasion Postponed

The sentencing of former Town of Oyster Bay Commissioner of Planning and Development who was charged with six counts of tax evasion last year was postponed once again on Tuesday.

Syosset resident Frederick Ippolito was charged in March 2015 for evading taxes on the $2 million in consulting fees he received from the Old Bethpage-based Carlo Lizza and Sons, Paving, Inc., as well as from the Lizza family trust between 2008 and 2013, according to the U.S. Attorney.

The 77-year-old was accused of failing to report it to the International Revenue Service (IRS) on his personal tax returns or the tax returns of entities he controlled including CAI Associates, LTD (which is president of), a consulting and snow removal business, and a former officer of a CAI Restaurant, Christiano’s in Syosset, the U.S. Attorney said.

Originally he was supposed to receive a possible maximum sentence of up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 on each of the six counts, the U.S. attorney said in March.

However, in January, Ippolito agreed to a plea bargain for a sentence of 18 to 24 months maximum.

On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Leonard Wexler postponed the sentencing for the second time. He claimed that he wanted more information on the relationship between Ippolito and the company and plans on giving him a higher sentence that originally agreed upon in the plead deal, according to a report in Newsday.

Last month, his sentenced was postponed because Wexler wanted to know if the money the company paid Ippolito affected the paving contracts in the town, Newsday reports.

He is due back in court on Sept. 28.