North Branford construction company fined for filing false tax return, underfunding retirement plan

POSTED: 12/04/15, 7:18 PM EST

 

NEW HAVEN >> A North Branford-based construction company was sentenced Friday to three years of probation and hit with a $200,000 fine for underfunding its retirement plan and filing a false tax return, federal officials said.

Cherry Hill Construction Inc. pleaded guilty in January to one count of filing a false tax return, and one count of making a false statement in relation to documents required by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, according to a release from the office of Connecticut U.S. Attorney Deirdre M. Daly.

According to court documents and statements made in court, the construction company provides statewide service in site development, on-site crushing, trucking and demolition, and as well as roll-off Dumpsters, topsoil, aggregates and landscaping.

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