The former chairman of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, who also used to be the president of the tribe’s gaming authority, pleaded guilty Friday to tax fraud charges in connection with a casino the tribe plans to build in Taunton, authorities said.
Cedric Cromwell, 60, of Attleboro, pleaded guilty to four counts of filing a false tax return, according to a press release from United States Attorney Leah B. Foley and Ted E. Docks, special agent in charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Field Division.
Cromwell didn’t report more than $177,000 in income — most of it related to the planned First Light Resort and Casino in Taunton — on his federal tax returns from 2014-2017, authorities wrote.
