司法部起诉Austin男子涉虚假退税690万美元：以空壳公司冒领员工留任抵免 IRS已付逾110万
华盛顿——美国司法部（DOJ）公布，德克萨斯州西区联邦大陪审团于9月15日对 Austin 居民 John Labee 提起公诉，指控他与同伙合谋以虚假申报骗取联邦退税。公诉书称，2021年10月至2022年7月间，Labee 与 Andrea Dotson 合谋，为 Dotson 名下实际几乎没有经营、也没有员工的企业 Divine Grinde 准备并提交9份虚假税表。
这些税表以完全虚构的工资与税额数字，冒领国会为应对新冠疫情经济影响设立的「员工留任抵免」（Employee Retention Credit）与「病假和家庭假抵免」。两人提出的欺诈性退税申请总额约690万美元，其中国税局（IRS）已实际支付超过110万美元，Dotson 留下一部分，其余据称交给了 Labee。Dotson 已于2026年3月10日就其在该案中的行为认罪。
Labee 被控合谋提交虚假申报及提交虚假申报罪名：若罪成，合谋罪最高可判10年监禁，每项虚假申报罪最高可判5年。案件由国税局刑事调查处（IRS-CI）调查，司法部国家欺诈执法司助理总检察长 Colin McDonald 与联邦检察官 Justin Simmons 公布了公诉。公诉书仅为指控，Labee 在法庭证明有罪之前推定无罪。
信息来源：美国司法部新闻稿
Texas Man Indicted for Conspiring to Defraud the United States Out of $6.9 Million in Tax Credits
WASHINGTON — A federal grand jury in the Western District of Texas indicted Austin resident John Labee on September 15, charging him with conspiring to defraud the United States through false tax refund claims, the Justice Department announced. From about October 2021 through July 2022, Labee and Andrea Dotson allegedly agreed to prepare and file false returns for Dotson's business, Divine Grinde, which had minimal operations and no employees.
The nine false returns allegedly claimed the Employee Retention Credit and the Sick and Family Leave Credit — pandemic relief credits created by Congress — using completely fabricated wage and tax figures. The fraudulent claims sought about $6.9 million in refunds, of which the IRS paid out more than $1.1 million; Dotson kept a portion and allegedly gave the rest to Labee. Dotson pleaded guilty on March 10, 2026, for her role in the scheme.
Labee faces a maximum of 10 years in prison for conspiring to file false claims and five years for each count of filing false claims, if convicted. IRS Criminal Investigation is investigating the case, which was announced by Assistant Attorney General Colin McDonald of the Justice Department's National Fraud Enforcement Division and U.S. Attorney Justin Simmons. An indictment is an allegation, and Labee is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice
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