September 19, 2016

A Watertown, New York, food and restaurant entrepreneur and franchisor pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and one count of tax evasion announced the Justice Department’s Tax Division. According to the criminal information and plea agreement filed with the U.S. District Court in Utica, New York, between 2005 and 2015, Christopher Swartz, 46, engaged in a promissory note scheme to defraud lenders and investors, as well as a scheme to evade taxes and obstruct the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). DOJ

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