Legal Opinion
United States v. Porter
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided October 10, 2018No. 18-5000PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O'BRIEN, Circuit Judge.
Between 2006 and 2010, Shannon Porter used the TurboTax software program to electronically file 123 false tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) requesting $357,361 in refunds. The returns contained accurate taxpayer identification information which Porter either stole or purchased from the taxpayer or a third party. However, the returns falsely reported the taxpayer to be self-employed1 and as having disabled dependents in order for the taxpayer to be eligible for a refund. Although the IRS rejected many of the returns and requested refunds, it paid out…
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