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Monday, January 21, 2013

Inmate cheats IRS out of $2.8M in refunds

Source: http://www.ajc.com/news/news/inmate-cheats-irs-out-of-28m-in-refunds/nTykw/

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Federal prosecutors said Wednesday a Marietta man cheated the Internal Revenue Service out of $2.8 million in tax refunds by filing false returns from state prison.

Arnold Tobias Gervais, 34, admitted in U.S. District Court that he’d hoped to get more than $3.4 million in federal tax refunds before his scheme of claiming wages and withholdings from a fictitious company unraveled, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a release.

Prosecutors said Gervais was in state prison in 2009 serving time for trying to get more than $600,000 in state income tax refunds illegally when he had his wife file a 2008 return to get more than $800,000 in federal refunds illegally.

Gervais also filed fraudulent returns for 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2009, and he filed another one for 2009 for an acquaintance. He claimed false wages and federal tax withholdings from a fictitious Rome, Ga., company called “Safety Shoes & More Inc.”

Prosecutors said Gervais sought refunds of more than $3.4 million, and was able to persuade the IRS to refund him $2.8 million. The agency, however, was able to recover $2.2 million from accounts Gervais controlled.

The 34-year-old man, who pleaded guilty Wednesday to filing false claims for income tax refunds, could receive up to five years in federal prison and a fine of up to $250,000.

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Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Man Indicted for Obstructing and Impeding the IRS by Filing False IRS Forms Claiming $36 Million in Refunds

Source: http://7thspace.com/headlines/429561/man_indicted_for_obstructing_and_impeding_the_irs_by_filing_false_irs_forms_claiming_36_million_in_refunds.html

Richard S Hartunian, United States Attorney, Northern District of New York, announces that a federal grand jury in Syracuse has returned a seven-count indictment charging Glenn Richard Unger (62, of Ogdensburg, New York) with obstructing and impeding the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) by filing numerous false and fraudulent IRS forms seeking refunds. Specifically, the indictment alleges that Glenn Richard Unger obstructed and impeded the IRS between 2007 and 2011 by filing numerous false and fraudulent claims with the IRS for payment of a refund of taxes totaling approximately 36 million dollars. Upon receiving the false IRS forms, the IRS realized that they were fraudulent and did not issue any refund checks to Glenn Richard Unger. The indictment also alleges that the defendant filed false claims for refunds, evaded paying income taxes, and filed a fictitious obligation.

If found guilty, the defendant faces a statutory maximum sentence of 20 years, a term of supervised release of up to three years, and a maximum fine of $250,000. The defendant was arraigned in Albany, New York, on January 2, 2013, before United States Magistrate Judge Randolph F Treece and is currently detained. The charges and allegations contained in the indictment are merely accusations, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty. This prosecution resulted from an investigation conducted by the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, New York Field Office; the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Albany Field Office; the New York State Police; and the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Ransom P Reynolds. Further questions may be directed to Executive Assistant United States Attorney John Duncan at (315) 448-0672.

Reported by: FBI

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