Press Release
MIAMI-DADE MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO FILING A FALSE CLAIM WITH THE IRS FOR MORE THAN $9 MILLION
September 10, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Jeffrey H. Sloman, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Daniel W. Auer, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Division, announced that defendant Marlon T. Moore, a/k/a Dammon Green, a/k/a Tyrone Moore, a/k/a X-Large Moore, 38, of Miami, FL, pled guilty today to one count of filing a false claim with the Internal Revenue Service, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 287. At sentencing, Moore faces a maximum statutory penalty of up to five years’ imprisonment. Sentencing is scheduled for November 18, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. in Miami, FL, before U. S. District Judge Marcia G. Cooke.
According to the charges and statements made in court during the plea hearing, Moore was released as an inmate from the Federal Correctional Complex in Coleman, FL, on December 28, 2007. After his release, Moore filed a 2007 U.S. Individual Tax Return, Form 1040, and requested a fraudulent refund of $9,087,987.95 from the IRS. During 2008, Moore filed several other fraudulent U.S. Individual Income Tax Returns requesting refunds to which he was not entitled. The tax loss is the amount Moore sought as a refund, $9,087,987.95.
Mr. Sloman commended the investigative efforts of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Division. This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas P. Lanigan and Trial Attorney Gregory R. Bockin of the Department of Justice’s Tax Division.
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