William Lavimoniere
Introduction
William Lavimoniere, 66, of Plainfield, Connecticut, waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty on September 18, 2026, in Hartford federal court to tax evasion — an offense carrying a maximum term of five years — in a case that documents how he spent the years after his 2012 federal prison term for embezzlement: drawing unreported business income, structuring cash withdrawals, and paying employees “under the table” while owing the IRS hundreds of thousands of dollars from his earlier crimes . The announcement by United States Attorney David X. Sullivan and Thomas Demeo, Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation in New England, calculates Lavimoniere’s restitution owed to the IRS at $246,417, and records that he has agreed to cooperate with the IRS to pay all outstanding taxes, interest, and penalties . Sentencing is scheduled for December 9, and Lavimoniere is released on a $75,000 bond pending it .
Background Information
The prior record frames everything. On October 10, 2012, Lavimoniere was sentenced in Hartford federal court to 33 months of imprisonment for fraud and tax offenses stemming from his embezzlement of more than $348,000 from a non-profit corporation that served Connecticut adults and students who have disabilities . In November 2012 — the same month the sentence landed — he divorced his wife to transfer assets, including their residence, to her to avoid collection by the IRS, and he was released from federal prison in April 2015 .
The old debt never went away. For the 2008 through 2011 tax years, Lavimoniere carried an outstanding tax assessment balance of $213,267, not including penalties and interest, and paid only approximately $7,007 toward it; in December 2023 the IRS ceased civil collection of the outstanding assessment because the collection statute expired .
After his release, Lavimoniere operated WJL Handling LLC, a trucking and furniture installation business. For the 2016, 2017, 2018, 2023, and 2024 tax years he earned substantial income from WJL but willfully failed to file federal tax returns; for the 2019 through 2022 tax years he filed returns that underreported the business income . The release documents the concealment methods: significant structured cash withdrawals to avoid financial reporting thresholds, employees paid off the books, and his business bank account used to pay personal expenses .
The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation
Pleaded guilty; sentencing pending.
The tax evasion plea on September 18, 2026, is the second federal conviction on the record, and the release documents a personal arrangement that kept the old pattern running: Lavimoniere continued to live in his former residence with his ex-wife — the same woman to whom he transferred the house in 2012 to avoid IRS collection — and deposited cash into her bank account, which she then used to pay the mortgage and other household expenses . The government calculates he owes $246,417 in restitution to the IRS, and under the plea he has agreed to cooperate with the IRS to pay all outstanding taxes, interest, and penalties .
The case was investigated by the Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation Division and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Heather L. Cherry . Sentencing is scheduled for December 9 before the Hartford court; Lavimoniere is released on a $75,000 bond in the interim, and the tax evasion count to which he pleaded carries a maximum term of five years’ imprisonment .
Public Reaction and Consequences
The release records no statement from Lavimoniere; the documented reaction is the IRS Criminal Investigation that followed a man out of a 2012 prison term and back into a second tax case . The consequences are the new felony conviction by plea, the agreed cooperation on paying all outstanding taxes, the $246,417 calculated restitution, and a December 9 sentencing that will set the term on a count carrying up to five years . The documented conduct includes the structured cash withdrawals designed to stay under financial reporting thresholds, the off-the-books employee payments, and more than a decade of unfiled or underreported returns running through tax years 2008 to 2024 .
Current Status
Lavimoniere pleaded guilty on September 18, 2026, and awaits sentencing on December 9, free on a $75,000 bond . The plea carries an agreement to cooperate with the IRS on paying all outstanding taxes, interest, and penalties, with restitution to the IRS calculated at $246,417 . The release does not state a sentencing recommendation; the count’s maximum is five years, and the prior 33-month federal term is part of the criminal history a sentencing court will weigh .
Impact on Their Career/Life
The record now documents both halves of a continuous arc: the 2012 embezzlement of $348,000 from a disability-services non-profit and the asset transfer disguised as a divorce to dodge IRS collection, followed by a post-prison business career run on unreported income, structured cash, and off-the-books wages through 2024 . The December 2023 expiration of the IRS’s civil collection statute on the old $213,267 assessment did not end the exposure — the criminal case converted it into a $246,417 restitution calculation the plea obligates him to pay . For the non-profit whose funds he took in the first case and the IRS he evaded in the second, the case record now documents the full sequence in one place .
Sources
- U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Connecticut, “Plainfield Man with Prior Federal Conviction Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion”, September 18, 2026 — source