Hammond Woman Charged with Making False Income Tax Returns

U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that SHIMEKA MILTON-FLAX, age 36, of Hammond, was charged today in a one-count Bill of Information with making false income tax returns.

According to the Bill of Information, MILTON-FLAX knowingly prepared a materially false tax return for two individuals.  The return reported business losses and expenses that were completely fictitious in order to fraudulently inflate the tax refund received from the Internal Revenue Service.

United States Attorney Polite reiterated that the Bill of Information is merely a charge and that the guilt of the defendant must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt.

U.S. Attorney Polite praised the work of the Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigations.  Assistant United States Attorney G. Dall Kammer is in charge of the prosecution.