Press Release
PALM BEACH COUNTY DEFENDANT CHARGED WITH PREPARING FALSE PERSONAL INCOME TAX RETURNS
September 30, 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, today announced the unsealing of a three-count Indictment against defendant Julio Malqui, on charges that he willfully filed false personal income tax returns, in violation of Title 26, United States Code, Section 7206(1). Defendant Malqui had his initial appearance today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Ann E. Vitunac in West Palm Beach. A pre-trial detention hearing has been scheduled for October 7, 2009, at 10 a.m.
According to the Indictment, defendant Malqui operated a tax preparation and bookkeeping business, Malqui Tax, in Palm Beach County, FL. He charged clients between $80 and $800 for his services. During each of the tax years 2004 through 2006, defendant Malqui is alleged to have filed false personal tax returns (Forms 1040) with the Internal Revenue Service for himself, in which he omitted a substantial amount of income earned through Malqui Tax.
If convicted, Malqui faces a maximum term of imprisonment of up to three years for each count of filing false individual tax returns.
Mr. Sloman commended the investigative efforts of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Division. This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Emalyn Webber.
An Indictment is only an accusation and is not evidence of guilt. A defendant is presumed innocent unless and until he is proven guilty.
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