A.G. Schneiderman, Acting Tax Commissioner Manion Announce Indictment Of Taxi King Evgeny Freidman
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Source: Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman
ALBANY Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman and Acting Commissioner of Taxation and Finance Nonie Manion announced today the arrests of Evgeny A. Freidman, 46, of New York, NY, and Andreea Dumitru, 41, of Sunnyside, NY, on a five-count indictment charging them jointly with theft and failure to remit to the New York State Tax Department over $5 million in 50 cent MTA surcharges between 2012 and 2015. During this time period, Freidman and Dumitrurespectively the CEO and CFO of Taxiclub Management Inc.managed a fleet of over 800 medallion taxicabs out of locations in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Woodside, and Long Island City.
The Taxi King built his empire by stealing from New Yorkers pocketing money that should have instead been invested in our transportation system, said Attorney General Schneiderman. No one is above the law, and my office will use every tool available to hold accountable those who cheat the system.
This indictment exposes a blatant scheme to short-change the Metropolitan Transit Authority, the transportation infrastructure relied on by millions of New Yorkers, said Acting Commissioner of Taxation and Finance Nonie Manion. Hundreds of honest taxi drivers did their part in collecting the proper fare, however Mr. Freidman and his business partner are accused of manipulating tax filings to put this money right into their own pockets. We will continue to work with the Attorney Generals Office and all of our law enforcement partners to ensure that those who accumulate personal wealth with tax schemes and ill-gotten gains face justice.
This case was the result of a joint investigation by the New York State Attorney Generals Office and the Department of Taxation and Finance. Additionally, the Attorney Generals Taxpayer Protection Bureau is conducting an ongoing parallel civil investigation into Mr. Freidmans conduct. Separately, the Attorney Generals Labor Bureau has investigated Freidmans failure to properly pay drivers; those investigations resulted in a 2013 settlement for $1.2 million and a 2016 consent order in New York Supreme Court requiring Freidman and four of his taxi medallion management agencies to pay over $275,000 in damages and fines and to hire an independent monitor to examine compliance with TLC driver-related rules.
Read more: https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/ag-schneiderman-and-acting-tax-commissioner-manion-announce-indictment-taxi-king
CONTEXT: 33 OTHER RUSSIAN MOBSTERS CHARGED TODAY IN THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK.
ALSO: DT'S PERSONAL LAWYER MICHAEL COHEN OWNS A FLEET OF TAXIS THAT ARE MANAGED BY EVEGNY FREIDMAN.
MORE ON THE COHEN/FRIEDMAN CONNECTION HERE:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029174218
http://time.com/4798305/donald-trump-michael-cohen-russia-investigation/
Cohen's ties with Russian interests came up in February when the New York Times reported that Cohen helped to broker a Ukraine peace plan that would call for Russian troops to withdraw from Ukraine and a referendum to let Ukrainians decide whether the part of the country seized by Russian in 2014 should be leased to Moscow. The Russian government denied knowing anything about such a plan.
The Times reported that the peace plan was the work of Felix Sater, a business associate who has helped Trump try to find business in Russia, and Cohen.
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