An Atlanta man has pleaded guilty after he made false claims on tax returns for two companies and received more than $215,000 in refunds for the fraudulently filed documents, according to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice.
Lucious D. Mack, 49, pleaded guilty in federal court to presenting false claims to the IRS and to stealing government funds, officials from U.S. Attorney Kurt Erskine’s office announced Friday.
“Mack went to great lengths to deceive the IRS,” said Erskine. “However, their diligence in this case uncovered his deceit, and he now faces the possibility of time in prison.”
Mack filed two fraudulent tax returns for two of his companies. On both, he claimed the sale of properties he never owned, according to property records.
Erskine said the charges presented in court included fraudulent corporate income tax returns Mack filed. The 2015 tax return falsely claimed that the company, Carter Industries, prepaid taxes and paid additional long-term capital gains taxes totaling $235,515.
The capital gains tax payment supposedly came from property Mack’s company sold in DeKalb County. Property records established that Carter Industries never owned the property.
The IRS never received tax payments from Carter Industries for 2015. As a result of the false representations, the tax return fraudulently claimed a refund of $109,521.
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