The owner of a New Britain bakery convicted of tax fraud has been sentenced to one day in prison and ordered to pay more than $435,000 in fines, back taxes and penalties, authorities say.
Marian Kobryn, 63, of Farmington was sentenced Friday in Bridgeport federal court to one day in prison, time already served, and one year of supervised release for filing false tax returns, the Connecticut U.S. Attorney’s Office said.
Senior U.S. District Judge Warren W. Eginton cited Kobryn’s serious health issues for not giving him a longer prison term, prosecutors said. He pleaded guilty June 2 to a one count of making a false statement on a federal tax return.
According to prosecutors, Kobryn under-reported on his federal income-tax returns nearly $750,000 of revenue from the Kasia’s Bakery he and his wife owned. The ruse allowed Kobryn to evade $242,889 in federal taxes on his bakery income.
So far, Kobryn has repaid the $242,889 due, plus $50,000 toward interest and penalties on the past-due sum that Eginton ordered be paid in full before Kobryn’s supervised term ends, prosecutors said.
Kobryn could not be immediately reached Monday for comment.
