Cynthia Tanner 2016 4-29-16

Accountant Sentenced After Embezzling $800,000 from Darien Veterans Charity

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Cynthia Tanner, 54, formerly of Darien, was sentenced Friday to two years in prison for embezzling about $800,000 from the Darien-based National Veterans Service Fund, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced. Tanner was initially arrested by Darien police She pleaded guilty in federal court last December. ________

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Joint Statement on Tanner Sentencing from National Veterans Services Fund and Darien VFW

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Here’s the announcement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office:

Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Cynthia Tanner, 54, formerly of Darien, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 24 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for embezzling approximately $800,000 from a Connecticut-based veterans services organization, and for failing to pay taxes on that income. According to court documents and statements made in court, TANNER was employed as a bookkeeper for the National Veterans Service Fund (“NVSF”) located in Darien. The stated mission of the NVSF was to provide case managed social services and limited medical assistance to Vietnam and Persian Gulf War veterans and their families, with a focus on families with disabled children.

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Darien Accountant Accused of Embezzling $800K Pleads Guilty to Fraud, Tax Evasion

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Cynthia Tanner, 54, of Darien pleaded guilty in Federal Court on Tuesday to reduced charges connected to the theft of nearly $800,000 from the National Veterans Service Fund. “From approximately January 2009 through June 2014, Tanner used nearly $800,000 in NVSF funds to pay various personal expenses for her and her family members,” according to an announcement from the United State’s Attorney’s Office for Connecticut. Tanner, who pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and one count of tax evasion in U.S. District Court in Hartford, faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison for wire fraud, and five years for tax evasion. She is scheduled to be sentenced March 11 by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton. According to the prosecutors’ office, Tanner, a Stanton Road resident, “failed to report $794,768.47 in embezzled income on her 2009 through 2013 federal tax returns, resulting in a tax loss of $270,026.”