A former Maryland tax defier has been indicted for filing a multi-billion dollar false lien against a government employee and submitting false tax returns seeking $900,000 in refunds.
Andrew Isaac Chance of Clinton, Md., was arrested on a four-count indictment charging him with filing a fraudulent lien against the property of the Assistant U.S. Attorney who had prosecuted him for filing a false claim for a tax refund in 2007.
According to the indictment, Chance filed a false lien in the amount of $1.313 billion against the property of the Assistant U.S. Attorney. The indictment also alleges that Chance filed three false income tax returns for the Andrew I. Chance Trust for tax years 2007, 2008, and 2009, each claiming a tax refund in the amount of $300,000.
Chance was previously convicted in October 2007 for filing a tax return for ‘ANDREW CHANCE TRUST’ that claimed a tax refund in the amount of $306,753. He was sentenced to 27 months in prison and released on June 12, 2009. Chance is currently on supervised release.
An indictment merely alleges that a crime has been committed, and a defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
If convicted, Chance faces a maximum of 25 years in prison and a maximum fine of $1 million dollars.
The case is being investigated by special agents with the IRS and the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration and is being prosecuted by Tax Division Trial Attorneys Jen E. Ihlo and Mark S. McDonald.
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