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.