4 JULY 19, 2018 RIDGEWOOD TIMES WWW.QNS.COM
Feds nail
tax cheating
contractor
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
RPOZARYCKI@RIDGEWOODTIMES.COM
@ROBBPOZ
Photo via Shutterstock/Inset via
Linked In, Rafal Ziolkowski
Rafal Ziolkowski (inset),
owner of Oliwa Construction
in Glendale, is accused of
defrauding the IRS out of
$650,000 in wage taxes.
Federal agents locked up
the owner of a Glendale
construction company who
allegedly cheated the IRS out of
$650,000 in tax revenue.
Rafal Ziolkowski, 41, of Ridgewood
owns Oliva Construction
located at 72-37 Cooper Ave. in
Glendale. Authorities arrested
him on July 17 on a nine-count
indictment that includes charges
of willfully failing to collect and
pay taxes, conspiracy to defraud
the United States and making
false statements to federal agents.
Between January 2010 and
December 2013, according to U.S.
Attorney Richard Donoghue,
Ziolkowski allegedly failed to
report cash wages that he paid
to his workers to the federal government,
allowing him to skip
mandatory payments under the
Federal Insurance Contributions
Act (FICA).
An investigation found that Ziolkowski
paid his workers in cash
obtained by cashing commercial
checks.
Members of the Internal Revenue
Service’s Criminal Investigation
unit eventually uncovered
the scheme and confronted Ziolkowski
about it. He allegedly told
him that he had not visited a check
cashing establishment, which
turned out to be a lie.
Ziolkowski faces a maximum
sentence of 45 years behind bars
if convicted of the charges, Donoghue
said.
Glendale man arrested for tire-slashing spree
BY RYAN KELLEY
RKELLEY@RIDGEWOODTIMES.COM
TWITTER @R_KELLEY6
A Glendale man wound up in
handcuff s last week for allegedly
slashing the tires of several
vehicles parked near his home back in
February.
John Sanchez, 28, was arrested on
July 9 and has been charged with seven
counts of criminal mischief in the
fourth degree, seven counts of unauthorized
use of a vehicle in the third degree
and criminal possession of a weapon in
the third degree, court records show.
According to the criminal complaint,
the slashings all took place on the same
night, Feb. 5, near Sanchez’s residence
on 88th Place near Myrtle Avenue in
Glendale. In the middle of the night,
Sanchez allegedly stabbed the tires
on seven vehicles on the block.
The next morning, six victims
discovered that both of the passenger
side tires on their vehicles were
fl at, court records indicated. One of
the victims owned two vehicles that
were vandalized.
As noted in the complaint, the
victim told police that Sanchez could
be seen on surveillance footage
from the area going around to the
passenger side of cars and making
stabbing motions near the front and
rear tires.
Photo via Shutterstock
Upon his arraignment on July 10,
according to court records, Sanchez
was also charged with failure to obey
a court order related to a domestic
violence incident on May 22.
Records show that Sanchez violated
an order of protection fi led against
him by his wife that states he cannot
have any contact with her from July
2017 to July 2019. Sanchez is accused
of engaging in a verbal dispute with
his wife on May 22, according to the
criminal complaint.
Sanchez posted $1,000 cash bail for
the tire-slashing case and $500 cash
bail for the domestic violence case,
records show. He is due to appear in
court for both cases on Sept. 13.
Addabbo reads to Ridgewood kids
Photo courtesy of State Senator Joe Addabbo
State Senator Joe Addabbo visited the Ridgewood YMCA recently to read one of his favorite books, “A Bad Case
of Stripes” by David Shannon, to the children attending the summer camp.
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