A Maryland woman was sentenced Wednesday to 12 months and one day in federal prison for filing false tax returns that sought more than $1.1 million in refunds from the Internal Revenue Service.
Kendra Scarborough of Oxon Hill filed three false returns between December 2019 and March 2020 in the names of purported trusts she controlled, according to court documents and statements made in court. The trusts were not entitled to the refunds claimed.
The filings resulted in the IRS issuing approximately $412,000 to one of the trusts. Prosecutors said Scarborough used the money to pay the mortgage on her personal residence and other creditors.
Scarborough pleaded guilty to one count of theft of government funds.
U.S. District Judge Deborah L. Boardman ordered Scarborough to pay $410,117.44 in restitution to the IRS. Scarborough must also forfeit any remaining proceeds from the fraudulent refund held in her bank account.
IRS Criminal Investigation investigated the case. Trial Attorney Melissa Siskind of the Justice Department’s Fraud Division Tax Section prosecuted it.
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