The State - News from Aug. 9, 1988
A man who completely stripped his house before the Internal Revenue Service could redeem the property pleaded guilty in San Francisco federal court to one count of attempting to impede federal agents. John Pappalardo, a San Jose real estate salesman, bought the house at a foreclosure sale. The property had been owned by an unidentified person who owed the government payroll taxes. The IRS then told Pappalardo it might exercise its right to redeem and sell the property in order to satisfy the former owner’s outstanding tax debt. Assistant U.S. Atty. Jay Weill said Pappalardo subsequently removed all the fixtures, including doors, toilets, shower doors, sinks, bathroom and kitchen cabinet doors, lighting fixtures and carpets.
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