Brooklyn Councilman pleads guilty to tax fraud charge
Brooklyn Councilman Chaim Deutsch pleaded guilty to one count of federal tax fraud on Thursday, admitting he failed to report thousands of dollars in income he made from his real estate business.
The guilty plea came as a surprise to those in his district and at the Council.
“I don’t know how he himself will want to continue given he himself is pleading guilty to a very serious federal crime,” said the Council Speaker Corey Johnson.
In Manhattan federal court, Deutsch admitted to one count of filing a false tax return with the Internal Revenue Service — his 2015 return did not accurately disclose income from his real estate business.
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(Spectrum News)