Todd County, Kentucky Woman Charged With Filing False Income Tax Returns And Identity Theft
LOUISVILLE, KY – A Todd County, Kentucky woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Bowling Green, Kentucky this week, on charges of filing false income tax returns and identity theft announced David J. Hale, United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky. Louisa A. Edmonds, age 43, of Elkton Kentucky, was charged in the indictment with five counts of filing a false income tax return with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), fifteen counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation of false income tax returns filed with the IRS, and four counts of identity theft.
According to the indictment, Edmonds filed false income tax returns for 2005 through 2009 for herself that contained various false deductions including those for dependents, Schedule A medical and dental expenses, charitable contributions, attorney and accounting fees, and fraudulent credits including the Child Tax Credit, the Additional Child Tax Credit, the First-Time Homebuyer Credit, and the Earned Income Tax Credit.
The indictment also charges that Edmonds prepared false income tax returns for others that claimed deductions and credits that they were not entitled to receive. These fraudulent items include false dependents, fraudulent filing status, First-Time Homebuyer Credit, Earned Income Tax Credit, and Child Tax Credit.
Additionally, the indictment charged that Edmonds knowingly used the identification of another person without his/her permission to make a false claim against the United States by filing a false income tax return with the IRS.
In the event of a conviction, Edmonds faces no more than three years on counts one to twenty, a $250,000 fine and one year supervised release and no more than five years on counts 21 to 24, a $250,000 fine, and three years supervised release.
Edmonds is scheduled to appear before Chief Judge Thomas B. Russell on November 23, 2011 in U.S. District Court, Bowling Green, Kentucky.
This case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney James R. Lesousky, Jr. and is being investigated by the IRS Criminal Investigation.
