Fort Lauderdale Father and Daughter Convicted at Trial for Involvement in $100 Million Fraudulent

[TexasTowelie]

Fort Lauderdale Father and Daughter Convicted at Trial for Involvement in $100 Million Fraudulent Tax Refund Scheme


Ariana Fajardo Orshan, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; Michael J. De Palma, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI); Anthony Ramirez, Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge, U.S. Department of State Diplomatic Security Service (DSS), Miami Field Office; George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Miami Field Office; and James S. Jackson, Deputy Inspector General for Investigations, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) announced that a West Palm Beach federal jury convicted Danielle Takeila Edmonson, 35, and Kenneth Roger Edmonson, 51, both of Fort Lauderdale, Florida for their involvement in a scheme that involved the filing of false and fraudulent tax returns seeking large-dollar tax refunds.

According to the evidence presented at trial, from 2015 through 2018, D. Edmonson and K. Edmonson filed large-dollar tax refund claims with the IRS totaling over $100 million, including individual refund claims ranging from hundreds of thousands of dollars to as high as eighty million dollars. Despite the false nature of the claims, the Department of Treasury paid out approximately $3.4 million in refunds through the issuance of U.S. Treasury checks.

In addition, D. Edmonson filed a fraudulent tax return seeking a large refund for tax year 2014, falsely indicating on handwritten forms that she had paid taxes of over $300,000. The IRS did not receive any corresponding forms to support the payment of any of these taxes. Despite the false nature of the tax return, the Department of Treasury issued a tax refund check for $239,700 in 2015. D. Edmonson deposited this tax refund check into her bank account and used the funds to purchase a luxury vehicle.

D. Edmonson also filed fraudulent tax returns for each of tax years 2015, 2016, and 2017, seeking refunds of approximately $80 million, $2.4 million, and $9 million, respectively. These tax returns contained forms falsely claiming that she had paid over $145 million in taxes during this period. The IRS did not receive any corresponding forms to support the payment of any of these taxes. Despite the false nature of the tax returns, the Department of Treasury issued a tax refund check to K. Edmonson in the amount of $2,405,703 on September 4, 2017. D. Edmonson subsequently deposited this tax refund check into her bank account.

Read more: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdfl/pr/fort-lauderdale-father-and-daughter-convicted-trial-involvement-100-million-fraudulent

[Indykatie]

1. Is The IRS Really This F**king Sturpid?

They issued these criminals millions in refund even though there was no record of them having paid millions in federal taxes. They miss this kind of fraud but have no problem auditing taxes for working folks who claim the earned income credit.

[ChiTownDenny]

2. Does Greece have an extradition treaty

because, dayum, I'd just go buy an island.

[radical noodle]

3. I wonder if the IRS sent the refunds

in order to be able to say they deposited the funds in their accounts? I'm no tax attorney but the emphasis on them being issued the refunds and depositing them makes me think that it wasn't the IRS being stupid but just trying to make their case. Or maybe I'm overthinking it.