COUNCILMEN ON THE ROCKS

Trumbauersville, PENNSYLVANIA
April 2009 - Trumbauersville Councilman Eugene DiNatale, 62, (R) will spend up to three and a half years in federal prison for his part in defrauding the IRS out of more than $4.4 million.

According to the U.S. Attorney's office, between 2001 and 2004, conspired to defraud the IRS by assisting in the filing of false income tax returns for his clients, which were agencies that provided temporary laborers. The agencies were owned and operated by Asian immigrants. DiNatale is also ordered to pay $4.3 million in restitution. He will serve his time in a minimum security detainment center.

DiNatale was appointed to the council in 2000. He went on to win election in 2001 and again four years later.