Antonio Keith Willabus, Time Falsification, Maryland 2012

Ex-IRS Analyst Jailed for Faking 353 Hours

Baltimore, MD – Antonio Keith Willabus, a 47-year-old former IRS employee from Laurel, Maryland, was sentenced to four months in prison for falsifying his time and attendance records. According to court documents, Willabus claimed to have worked 353.1 hours in 2012 when, in fact, he had not.

The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) began investigating Willabus in January 2012 after noticing discrepancies in his time and attendance records. Agents observed Willabus leaving his house at 8:15 a.m. on May 7 and 8, 2012, and spending the day driving to locations in Baltimore, where he allegedly set up a bar business. Surveillance video and cell site records revealed that Willabus made frequent calls from locations other than his home or office during work hours.

Willabus’ supervisors and coworkers reported that they rarely saw him in the office, and his emails went unresponsive during working hours. His personal recording card showed that he spent only a few hours in the office on the days he was supposed to be there. As a result, Willabus falsely claimed to have worked 353.1 hours, for which he received a salary of $24,427.45.

U.S. District Judge George L. Russell III sentenced Willabus to four months in prison, three years of supervised release, 400 hours of community service, and restitution of $24,427.45. The sentence was announced by United States Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein and Special Agent in Charge Robert Geary of the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.

United States Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein praised the TIGTA for its work in the investigation and thanked Assistant U.S. Attorney Hollis Raphael Weisman, who is prosecuting the case.

Willabus worked as a full-time management and program analyst with the IRS’ information technology service in New Carrollton, Maryland. His office was located in New Carrollton, Maryland.

The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration’s investigation revealed that Willabus was permitted to work from home on Mondays and Tuesdays in 2012. However, the evidence showed that he was not working from home as he claimed.