A Wilmington roofing contractor was sentenced to a year and a day in prison for pocketing taxes withheld from employees.
Robert Smulski, 58, of Wilmington, was ordered to pay $484,339 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service for failure to turn over employment taxes.
Smulski previously pled guilty to the charges on September 30, 2015.
Smulski was the owner and President of Smulski Enterprises, Ltd., a roofing company in Wilmington.
Prosecutors stated that between 2006 and 2012, Smulski Enterprises withheld payroll taxes from its employees’ paychecks. But instead of paying that money over to the IRS, Smulski instead used it to pay himself and his personal creditors, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s office for Delaware.
This case was investigated by Special Agents of IRS-Criminal Investigation and was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Hall.
