Delaware tax:
Local Man Pleads Guilty to Gambling and Tax Charges

(Wilmington, DE) – Patrick T. Carter, Director of Revenue announced that a Middletown resident pleaded guilty today to gambling and tax charges, arising out of an illegal gambling operation run out of his Middletown residence.

William S. Anderson, 39, a resident of Middletown, Delaware, pleaded guilty to one gambling charge and one charge of attempt to evade or defeat income tax.

Following the guilty plea, NCC Superior Court Judge Richard R. Cooch placed Anderson on probation for one year. In addition, Anderson was ordered to file his delinquent state income tax returns and pay all taxes due to the Delaware Division of Revenue.

Anderson was arrested in February 2008 after police conducted surveillance on the residence after receiving numerous complaints of parking violations. After learning of illegal poker games being held at the residence, a search warrant was executed which turned up gaming tables, a cashless ATM machine and other gambling paraphernalia. Anderson was indicted in March 2009 in a 38-count indictment with multiple gambling offenses and felony tax charges.

An investigation conducted by the Middletown Police Department, the Delaware State Police High Tech Crime Unit and the Delaware Division of Revenue's Criminal Investigation Unit established that Anderson operated a profitable gambling operation - principally illegal poker games - out of his home and failed to pay state income taxes on profits earned. Law enforcement authorities closed the operation down last year.

The case was prosecuted by Deputy Attorney General Philip H. Bangle.