SCRANTON - The IRS issued a federal tax lien for $37,983.63 against jailed former Lackawanna County Commissioner Robert C. Cordaro.
Mr. Cordaro, 52, is serving an 11-year federal prison sentence in New Jersey for taking bribes from prominent local businessmen in exchange for doling out lucrative county contracts.
The lien, filed in Lackawanna County Court on Tuesday, said Mr. Cordaro has not paid federal income taxes he owes for 2010 and 2011.
Mr. Cordaro has unpaid balances of $16,581.53 for 2010 and $21,402.10 for 2011, according to the lien prepared and signed by the IRS on March 14.