Edward J. Sodlosky, a certified public accountant from Middlebury, was sentenced on April 14 to three months in prison and one year of supervised release for tax evasion, according to an announcement by David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut. U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden also ordered Sodlosky to pay a $50,000 fine.
Sodlosky’s sentencing follows his guilty plea on November 19, 2025, after authorities found he had failed to report more than $1.3 million in income over seven years. Prosecutors said that between 2016 and 2022, Sodlosky cashed over 2,000 client payment checks and deposited funds into multiple accounts to conceal business receipts from the Internal Revenue Service.
Court documents show that Sodlosky used at least fifteen different bank accounts—business, personal, and nominee—to deposit these funds and evade taxes owed by his accounting firm EJS-CPA as well as a partnership entity called FinGLTD which he co-owned with his spouse. This conduct resulted in a federal tax loss of $422,720.
Sodlosky has paid the IRS the amount lost but still owes interest and penalties related to the unreported income. He is currently released on a $50,000 bond and must report to prison on May 27.
The case was investigated by the Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation unit and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Hal Chen.
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