United States v. Blaine Johnston

On April 19, 2012, a federal grand jury returned a 54-count Bill of Indictment against Defendants-appellants Evelyn Johnston, Blaine Johnston, Hector Cabrera, Diana Gonzalez, Angel Done, Wilson Calle, and Wilfredo Rodriguez (collectively, Appellants).1 Count One of the Bill of Indictment alleged that between October 1, 2008, and October 27, 2009, Appellants conspired to defraud the Government by helping taxpayers obtain fraudulent tax refunds from the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 287. Counts Two through Fifty-Four charged substantive violations of 18 U.S.C. §§…