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His guilty verdict for claiming deductions for interest he never paid to a failed Bridgeport bank, Washington Federal Bank for Savings, isn’t the only time he’s had trouble with the IRS.
A jury heard roughly three-and-a-half days of testimony last week, mostly from government witnesses. The trial began nine months after the feds hit Thompson with an indictment charging him with two counts of lying to regulators and five counts of filing false federal income tax returns.
Federal prosecutors sought to undermine the notion that Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson had forgotten about $109,000 he received from a Bridgeport bank or that he didn’t pay attention to his tax returns during closing arguments in his trial Monday.
CPA Robert Hannigan said last month he’d found a note indicating he first spoke to Thompson about amending his tax returns four days after federal agents visited Thompson’s home.
Thompson accountant Robert Hannigan of Bansley & Kiener could also be called to the stand after he gave surprise testimony at a hearing last month.