Janeen Rogers, a Milwaukee, Wisconsin woman, is charged with wire fraud, engaging in unlawful monetary transaction and filing a false claim in 2019 to 2020. She sought refunds of more than $13 million and though she did not receive it all, she did manage to get the IRS to send her $3.25 million. The IRS now wants that money back.
Another individual named Francis Burns filed fake returns for a trust amounting to over $82 million. The IRS sent him $3.7 million but eventually caught on and stopped sending him money. Mr. Burns describes himself in court pleadings as a sovereign citizen.
Marquet Antwain Burgess Mattox used several aliases and false false returns to attempt to acquire $65 million in refunds. He was able to get the IRS to send him $5 million in refunds for fake trusts.
Mr. Mattox is a Moorish sovereign citizen.
Mr. Terry LeNoir, is also a Moorish sovereign citizen, is reportedly involved in an eviction case that seems to be still under investigation.
Reporters reached out to the IRS who indicated that they don’t seem to believe that this is indicative of a trend, though did not “have immediate access to statistics about the problem.” Federal prosecutors declined to speak about the case.
It would be interesting to know more about the details of these fraud cases but it appears as though information at this time is limited.
If you are inclined to believe that the fact that these individuals got the IRS to send the millions of dollars, is evidence of success, think again. They all have been charged and could spend quite a bit of time in prison for these schemes.
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