Thursday, December 22, 2011
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11356/1198619-56.stm
An Oakmont man who has had interests in several area businesses was indicted Tuesday on charges of tax evasion, bankruptcy fraud and money laundering.
Louis Lamanna, 45, has been involved with Bentley Construction Co., L & S Landscaping, and the car wash Rub a Dub Dub. He filed for bankruptcy in 2010, and was charged initially with tax evasion in March, when he was accused of trying to spend $2 million while owing the Internal Revenue Service for 2006 and 2007. He was scheduled to plead guilty late that month, but changed his mind.
The new federal grand jury indictment, released Wednesday, said that Mr. Lamanna spent $1 million in unspecified ways while owing back taxes, "thereby placing the funds beyond the normal reach of the collection process."
It also accuses him of transferring assets to another person to hide them from creditors in bankruptcy court, and hiding a car and money.
One of his attorneys had no comment, and the other could not be immediately reached.