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Bookkeeper stole more than $1 million from small businesses across Massachusetts, federal prosecutors say
Patricia Lindau has agreed to plead guilty to wire fraud and tax evasion.
By Andrea Estes Globe Staff,Updated January 25, 2021, 6:25 p.m.
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Patricia Lindau, whose firm provided payroll and payroll tax services to small businesses from Maine to Cape Cod, has agreed to plead guilty to charges she pocketed money set aside by her clients for payroll taxes, according to documents filed Monday in US District Court.
Lindau, 65, of Newburgh, Maine, will plead guilty to one count of wire fraud and one count of tax evasion. Under the plea agreement, prosecutors will recommend she serve nearly five years in prison. She has also agreed to pay restitution of $1,393,430 including nearly $1.1 million in taxes she didnât pay for her clients.
Patricia Lindau charged with cheating small businesses out of over $1 million
Updated Jan 26, 2021;
The owner of a company that provided payroll and payroll tax services to many small businesses in New England has agreed to plead guilty to embezzling more than $1 million from her clients, many of them already struggling because of the coronavirus pandemic, federal prosecutors said Monday.
Patricia Lindau, 65, of Newburgh, Maine, will plead guilty at a date to be determined to wire fraud and tax evasion, according to a statement from the U.S. attorney’s office in Massachusetts.
A voicemail seeking comment was left with her attorney.
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