CHICAGO — A former Chicago attorney convicted by a jury last year has been sentenced to more than two years in federal prison for committing tax fraud, attempting to tamper with a witness and violating a court order, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois announced.
Michael Abramson, 76, of Wilmette was sentenced Tuesday to 30 months in federal prison and fined $25,000 by U.S. District Judge Manish S. Shah.
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Abramson was convicted by a jury last year in U.S. District Court in Chicago on all 15 tax fraud, witness tampering and violation of court order charges against him.
According to prosecutors, Abramson provided more than $1 million in personal expenses to a woman he was romantically involved with and then deducted the payments on his individual taxes by falsely characterizing them as commissions or loans…