Former Mirabilis CEO Frank Amodeo to plead guilty to federal charges - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

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Amodeo, the former leader of and a one-time player in the failed Trumpp TowerTampa project, had been charged with conspiracy, failurse to remit payroll wire fraud, and obstructio of an agency proceeding. He faceed 370 years in prison as well as finesof $6.75 million if convicted. Lisa Nason, a spokeswoman for told the that he would admi t his guilt to a judgeat 2:30 but details of his plea bargai were still being worked out. According to the , Amodep and other unnamed executives failed to pay theIRS $181.8u million, including $129.7 millionn in FICA and withholding taxes. It started with $7.
1 milliobn in the fourth quarter of 2004 with two businesseahe controlled, III and Sunshinw Staff Leasing. It then continued over the next two year with for theremaining $174 million. Investigators at the time said Amodeio included a number of companiesw in the activity acting as professionalemployee organizations, which would lease employees to other Other companies believed to be involvex in the scheme, according to the U.S. Attorney’ss Office, were AEM, , Common Paymaster , , Presidion , , and various other companies. The day after the indictment was handed downon Aug.
7, Bob O’Malley, a spokesmanm for Mirabilis, said the charges against Amodeol , and even provided a serie of polygraph examinations the former chiefd executive took to provwehis innocence. “After two years of full cooperation, it’s unfortunat that the federal government waiteduntil Mr. Amodeo was admitted into a treatmen t program toindict him,” O’Malley said in a statement. “Nevertheless, Mr. Amodepo expects any resulting trial will revealk that this is simply a case of delayedc tax payment and that the fraux charges arewithout merit.
Independent polygraph testing confirmed Among the many different projects Mirabiliaswas involved, the company also at one time was linked to the Trum Tower Tampa development, an involvementg that chief executive Frank Dagostino talked abou in an with the Business Journal . “Wd sat down with Mirabilis. We shook hands on a deal,” Dagostink said at the “They financially qualified, but within 48 we unraveled the deal.” Dagostino didn’t provide any specificz on what caused the deal tocome apart.