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Dad and his daughter got millions from IRS after claiming to win lottery, authorities say
South Florida Sun Sentinel ^ | Dec 16, 2019 | Mario Ariza

Posted on 12/17/2019 12:22:04 PM PST by dennisw

A Broward County father and daughter claimed the government owed them $175 million in tax refunds on their lottery winnings. The IRS paid them $3.4 million before the agency realized the pair had never purchased a winning ticket, prosecutors say.

Now, the pair, who say they’re “aboriginal indigenous Moorish Americans” immune to government authority, are on trial in a Palm Beach federal courtroom accused of tax fraud.

Court documents allege that Danielle Takeila Edmonson, 35, of Boynton, and Kenneth Roger Edmonson, 51, of Oakland Park, began filing a series of bogus tax returns in 2015. RELATED: Man gets 40 years for fake legal filings »

That year, prosecutors allege, Danielle Edmonson claimed an unspecified amount of lottery winnings, and managed to get the IRS to pay her $239,700. With her allegedly ill-gotten refunds, Danielle Edmonson bought a BMW and took out $60,000 from the bank in cash.

The following year, the woman — who court filings describe as a master’s in business graduate — decided to ask the IRS to pay her over $80 million in returns on over $141 million of supposed income.

“Your demand has no legal validity and is not payable through any federal agency," the IRS replied in a letter quoted in court documents. “Your scheme appears to be akin to a fraud."

But the revenue service’s remonstrance didn’t slow Dainelle Edmonson. The following year, 2016, she got almost $2.5 million out of the agency in what prosecutors allege are fraudulent filings. And the following year, 2017, she asked for $9 million.

(Excerpt) Read more at orlandosentinel.com ...


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1 posted on 12/17/2019 12:22:04 PM PST by dennisw
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How does this even work?


2 posted on 12/17/2019 12:26:15 PM PST by Yaelle
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To: dennisw

Look like the IRS was OK with forking over 3.2 million but when she claimed 80 million was owed to her by the IRS...alarm bells were set off

I’ll bet she had all kinds of crazy fantasies about what they would do with 80 million in IRS tax refunds.

And blame Dad for this “indigenous Moorish Americans” scam. As in we are black so “we are not subject to taxes”.`


3 posted on 12/17/2019 12:26:35 PM PST by dennisw
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I’m sorry but we are going to have to start hanging thieves.

There are too many of them and they aren’t afraid of going to prison.


4 posted on 12/17/2019 12:27:16 PM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: dennisw

How can I get me an “aboriginal indigenous Moorish Americans” immune to government authority?


5 posted on 12/17/2019 12:27:39 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: Yaelle

Wouldn’t you have to submit some sort of paperwork showing these millions of dollars owed?


6 posted on 12/17/2019 12:28:19 PM PST by BipolarBob (No border walls. No voter IDs. No Electoral College. You figured it out yet?)
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To: dennisw

Now, the pair, who say they’re “aboriginal indigenous Moorish Americans” immune to government authority, are on trial in a Palm Beach federal courtroom accused of tax fraud.

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Give them an A for creativity. An F for results.


7 posted on 12/17/2019 12:28:25 PM PST by Responsibility2nd
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To: Yaelle

Your tax returns are based on what you provide to the IRS, it’s an honor system to a degree.


8 posted on 12/17/2019 12:29:03 PM PST by Tea Party Terrorist (Cis and Trans people do not exist because Gender Identity is quackery.)
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To: All

mug shot

9 posted on 12/17/2019 12:29:20 PM PST by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: Yaelle

Uh...race card?


10 posted on 12/17/2019 12:29:23 PM PST by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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To: dennisw

Balls... yes, Dey has dem...

Brains... no, Dey don’t gots dem.


11 posted on 12/17/2019 12:29:39 PM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: dennisw

Greed gets em... here’s wondering how many people have pulled the same stunt once, then disappeared. These idiots kept trying.


12 posted on 12/17/2019 12:29:43 PM PST by alancarp (George Orwell was an optimist.)
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To: Liz

Could be one of Obama’s sons...uh...daughters...


13 posted on 12/17/2019 12:30:40 PM PST by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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To: Tea Party Terrorist

Did they fake receipts? Did the IRS not check to see if this couple paid millions in taxes? Wouldn’t this be more audit-worthy than Joe and his auto body shop?


14 posted on 12/17/2019 12:31:37 PM PST by Yaelle
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To: dennisw

Note to self: if you defraud the IRS for millions..Change your identity and get out of the country !


15 posted on 12/17/2019 12:32:25 PM PST by Leep (It's.. (W)all or nothing..!)
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Look like the IRS was OK with forking over 3.2 million but when she claimed 80 million was owed to her by the IRS...alarm bells were set off

Pigs get fat...hogs get slaughtered.

16 posted on 12/17/2019 12:33:55 PM PST by Cowboy Bob ("Other People's Money" = The life blood of Liberalism)
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I’ll bet good money that the auditors let the “small” amount slide after seeing what race was checked on the form.


17 posted on 12/17/2019 12:36:04 PM PST by Skywise
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To: dennisw

They should have requested that the IRS pay them in walmart gift cards.


18 posted on 12/17/2019 12:37:01 PM PST by posterchild
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To: Liz

Rather get hit in the face with a freight train than look at that again.


19 posted on 12/17/2019 12:39:30 PM PST by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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"Danielle Takeila Edmonson, 35, of Boynton, and Kenneth Roger Edmonson, 51"

Father and daughter...

20 posted on 12/17/2019 12:40:03 PM PST by decal (I'm not rude, I don't suffer fools is all.)
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