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Thursday, January 05, 1995 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Page: 2A 





SCRANTON -- A former stock broker pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court
to income tax evasion. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 John Augustine, 44, of Farmhouse Road, Fairview Township, will be sentenced
on April 12 in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; He faces a possible maximum sentence of five years imprisonment and a
$250,000 fine. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Senior U.S. District Judge William Nealon allowed Augustine to remain free
without bail. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Augustine, the former office manager at the Janney Montgomery Scott Inc.
firm in Wilkes-Barre, waived a grand jury indictment and accepted the charge
filed against him by the U.S. attorney's office. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 According to the government, Augustine underreported his income for the
1990 calendar year and as a result failed to pay the correct amount of income
tax. As office manager, Augustine was "subject to very little supervision,"
said Assistant U.S. Attorney Lorna Graham. Augustine engaged in outside
trading and earned an estimated $35,000 that he failed to report. A joint 1040
tax form submitted by Augustine listed an income of $95,308 and the
corresponding tax was $23,313. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Graham said the actual income was more than $150,000 and the amount of tax
owed was more than $41,381. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Augustine is represented by attorney Charles Gelso of Wilkes-Barre. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Former Local Stock Broker Pleads Guilty To Tax Evasion