U.S. Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has announced that attorney Conrad Benedetto entered a guilty plea on charges of failure to file a tax return and failure to collect or pay employment tax in connection with his Philadelphia law practice.

Benedetto, a licensed attorney in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, entered a guilty plea before U.S. District Court Judge Wendy Beetlestone of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The attorney faced multiple tax fraud charges in connection with a scheme to avoid paying the appropriate amount of personal and business taxes over the course of several years.