A Brookfield woman has pleaded guilty to a federal tax offense. 

The U.S. Attorney's office says 47-year old Lizbel Sanchez waived her right to indictment.  She is a minority owner of Danbury Food Corporation, which operates C-Town grocery store in Danbury.  Sanchez was responsible for accounting and financial records, and for collecting and paying  federal income taxes and FICA contributions for employees.  An investigation determined that Sanchez and DFC paid several employees in cash and failed to collect federal income taxes and FICA taxes and its Federal Unemployment Tax. 

She is scheduled to be sentenced July 7th.  Sanchez has paid $408,121.85 in restitution to the IRS.  She also has acknowledged similar conduct for DFC in 2017 and 2018, and for other businesses in which Sanchez had an interest in 2016, 2017 and 2018. 

Additional tax losses will be addressed civilly by the IRS.