Skippack Township Official Admits to Filing False Tax Returns

PHILADELPHIA—Mark G. Marino, 41, of Collegeville, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty today to four counts of filing false income tax returns. U.S. District Court Judge Eduardo C. Robreno scheduled sentencing for January 4, 2012. Marino faces a maximum possible sentence of 25 years’ imprisonment, three years’ supervised release, a fine of up to $1.75 million, and restitution to the IRS. Marino, a member of the Skippack Township Board of Supervisors, was indicted with John D. Kane, Gregory M. Kane, David F. Kane and Jamie E.E. Baugher.

Marino was a principal with David Kane in a real estate investment company, Kane Core Inc.(“KCI”), and also owned and operated Marino Landscape and Design and Marino Holdings, Inc. During 2004, Marino received approximately $48,333 in income from KCI which he did not report on his 2004 income tax return. Marino also has personal bills and obligations paid by both KCI and Marino Landscape & Design from 2003 through 2006, none of which was reported to the government. The payments Marino received included Eagles tickets, gentlemen’s clubs expenditures, golf memberships and expenditures, vacations, a housekeeper, restaurant bills, grocery bills, and credit card expenditures for clothing, jewelry, and other personal items.

The case was investigated by the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Division and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. It is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Paul L. Gray.