Related Federal Cases
- King Convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute Heroin Cocaine and Metha… · Florida
- Duval County Public Schools, Employment Discrimination, Florida, 2023 · New York
- Lawrence Destefano, Ghost Gun Ring Operation, Florida, 2023 · Mississippi
- Fuada Delic, Aiding and Assisting in Filing False Tax Return, Jacks… · Florida
- Jason Herceg, Mortgage Fraud Scheme and Elder Fraud Conspiracy, Fai… · New York
Defendant Faces Decades Behind Bars for False Claims Conspiracy
Orlando, Florida, – In a shocking turn of events, 45-year-old Marcus Dwayne Robertson has been found guilty of conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service. This is Robertson’s second conviction in this District.
According to court documents and evidence presented at Robertson’s trial and the sentencing of a co-conspirator, Jonathan Paul Jimenez, the FBI was investigating an international terrorism matter regarding the operation of a travel facilitation network by Robertson and others that sends individuals overseas to commit violent jihad.
Robertson, with the assistance of others, began training Jimenez in the skills necessary to participate in violent jihad overseas. The training included martial arts, firearm and knife training, reading the Quran, and learning Arabic. Robertson stressed that Jimenez needed to focus on the religious aspects of his training, prior to perfecting the skills needed to commit violent acts.
In late May and early June of 2011, Jimenez, with the assistance of Robertson and others, began making preparations for his overseas travel. Robertson assisted Jimenez with getting his photographs for his visa application and his vaccinations. On June 17, 2011, Jimenez departed Central Florida and traveled to New York by airplane, where he expected to get his visa and then travel overseas.
During the course of the investigation, the FBI obtained evidence about the nature of Robertson’s training of Jimenez and the plan for Jimenez to travel overseas to engage in violent jihad. As part of the investigation, the FBI obtained consensually recorded conversations with Jimenez and others, in which Jimenez stated his goals. When interviewed by the FBI on September 22, 2011, Jimenez lied about making those statements.
In order to have funds available for him when he was overseas, Robertson, Jimenez, and another individual conspired to submit a false 2010 tax return for Jimenez, in which Jimenez falsely claimed three of Robertson’s children as his dependents and falsely represented that he lived with each of the three children for all of the year 2010. As a result of those false representations, Jimenez obtained a refund from the IRS in the amount of $5,587.
Robertson faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison for both convictions. His sentencing hearing has been scheduled for April 14, 2014, before Senior U.S. District Judge Gregory A. Presnell.
Key Facts
- State: Florida
- Category: Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
ðŸâ€Â’ Get the grimiest stories delivered weekly. Subscribe free →
MORE FEDERAL CRIME NEWS
US NewsUS NewsUS NewsUS News