 Galante was indicted in 2006 on charges of paying a 'mob tax' to Ianniello.Although he initially entered a plea of not guilty, in June 2008, Galante agreed to a change-of-plea hearing.Galante acknowledged that he defrauded the IRS, including writing double paychecks for some employees and having them return one of them to him in cash, claiming items he purchased for his girlfriend's horse farm including hay and a wide-screen television as business expenses, and skimming cash from the register at the Danbury garbage transfer station.