A Las Vegas woman pleaded guilty to conspiring to fraudulent US government by filing a fraudulent tax refund request for a Covid-19 employment tax credit and securing $33 million in inappropriate payments from the IRS I did.
According to court documents, Candies Goode-McCoy will conspire with others from June 2022 to September 2023 to be reimbursed, including employee maintenance costs (ERC), paid illness and family leave credits. We have submitted approximately 1,227 fraudulent tax returns claiming employment tax credits. The total fraud claims exceeded $98 million, with the IRS paying about $33 million before the scheme was discovered.
McCoy personally received fraudulent refunds of over $1.3 million and was paid about $800,000 from others who filed a return. Prosecutors said she intentionally filed false claims and used her illegal income for luxury cars, casino gambling, holidays and other luxury purchases.
ERC and paid sickness and family leave will be introduced by Congress to support businesses affected by Covid-19 and will provide tax credits on wages paid to employees who are unable to work due to the pandemic. did. Fraudulent claims divert funds from businesses that use these relief programs and are truly qualified for assistance.
McCoy is scheduled to sentence on February 23, 2026, and faces a 10-year maximum penalty, supervised release, compensation and financial penalties in prison. The final sentence will be determined by a U.S. District Court judge taking into account US sentencing guidelines and other statutory factors.
The case was investigated by the IRS Criminal Investigation and the Governor of the Department of Tax Management and Treasury. Deputy Assistant Assistant Karen E. Kelly, the Department of Justice’s Tax Division and acting attorney Sue Fahami of the Nevada District, has announced his guilty plea.
The case is being charged by John C. Geraldi, a trial counsel for the tax department, and assistant officer Richard Anthony Lopez of the District of Nevada.
