A Georgia man, Marquet Mattox, has been convicted of filing fraudulent tax returns in the name of at least 11 different trusts.
Between 2016 and 2018, Mattox filed at least 30 fraudulent federal income tax returns, falsely representing that the trusts had earned interest income and that federal income taxes had been withheld and paid to the IRS.
The IRS paid approximately $5 million of the requested refunds, which Mattox used to purchase a house, expensive furniture and a luxury automobile.
Mattox will be sentenced at a later date and faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison on the wire fraud counts, five years on the false claims counts, and 10 years on the theft of government funds count.
He also faces a period of supervised release, restitution, monetary penalties and forfeiture.
Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg and Acting U.S. Attorney Peter D. Leary announced the conviction.
IRS-Criminal Investigation and the Treasury Department’s Office of the Inspector General investigated the case.
Marquet Mattox, convicted of filing fraudulent tax returns, is a resident of Lilburn, Georgia. He faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison on the wire fraud counts, five years on the false claims counts, and 10 years on the theft of government funds count.
Marquet Mattox, whose crime occurred between 2016 and 2018, filed at least 30 fraudulent federal income tax returns in the name of several trusts.
He will be sentenced at a later date for filing fraudulent tax returns in the name of at least 11 different trusts.
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Key Facts
- State: Georgia
- Category: Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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