Legal Industry News
January 11, 2012
Ex-M&A Partner of Sullivan & Cromwell Sentenced to 28 Months in Prison for Failing to Pay Taxes on $10M of Income
John J. O’Brien, a former mergers and acquisitions partner at the New York office of international law firm Sullivan & Cromwell (“S&C”), was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to 28 months in prison for failing to file tax returns and pay taxes on over $10 million in income, resulting in over $2.5 million in tax losses to the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”).
O’Brien was sentenced today by U.S. Magistrate Judge Henry B. Pitman.
According to the information and statements made during court proceedings:
From 2001 through March 2009, O’Brien was a partner at S&C, a Wall Street law firm with…
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