Frequent Fraudster: Former Racine Man Accused of 250 False IRS Refund Claims Over 5 Years

MILWAUKEE, WI -- A former Racine resident has been brought up on multiple charges by a federal grand jury on Tuesday, claiming the man filed more than 250 such false refund claims with the IRS over a five-year period.

Tomeki L. Tyson, 45, has been charged with twenty-one counts of making a false claim against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) by filing false federal income tax returns which claimed refunds.

The indictment alleges that during the period from approximately January 2009 until February 2015, Tyson defrauded and stole money from the IRS through filing fraudulent tax returns containing false employment, income, and tax withholding information, which claimed tax refunds in the names of various actual persons.

The indictment further charges that the defendant filed more than 250 such false refund claims with the IRS over this period.

Each of the twenty-one false claim charges contained in the indictment carries a maximum possible penalty of up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000, or both.

This matter was investigated by the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigations Division, and has been assigned to Assistant United States Attorney Stephen A. Ingraham for prosecution.

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