Daryl C. Ali, Theft of Government Property, Florida 2016

ORLANDO MAN GETS 57 MONTHS FOR THEFT OF $3 MILLION IN GOVERNMENT FUNDS

U.S. District Judge Carlos E. Mendoza

sentenced Daryl C. Ali, a/k/a Daryl C. Smith, (34) to 57 months in federal prison for theft of government property. He was also ordered to pay $135,494.05 in restitution to the IRS.

Ali pleaded guilty on November 21, 2016.

According to court documents, Ali orchestrated a scheme by which he sent the IRS more than 200 personal and business checks between February 2010 and January 2012, totaling over $3 million. Ali claimed that the checks were payment for back taxes owed by him personally and through his business. Shortly after writing the checks Ali would either close the account or there would be insufficient funds to cover the checks. After the IRS received the checks and realized that no taxes were due, the IRS inadvertently issued 12 United States Treasury checks to Ali to settle the credit balance on his account with IRS.

These checks totaled over $69,000. Once the IRS became aware of Ali’s scheme in April 2011, they did not issue him any additional fraudulent refunds. However, after receiving the 12 checks, Ali altered 2 of the checks on 8 separate occasions by changing the check number and amount payable so that he could cash the checks again. This scheme resulted in an additional loss of over $66,000 to the IRS.

The Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation and the United States Secret Service investigated this case. Assistant United States Attorney Shawn P. Napier is prosecuting the case.

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