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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.

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To: Daffynition

I was pleasantly surprised when MTM became a conservative in her final years.


61 posted on 12/17/2019 4:02:15 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

A counter balance to Ed Asner, I’m sure.


62 posted on 12/17/2019 4:04:46 PM PST by Daffynition (*I'm living the dream.* & :))
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To: dennisw

Let’s talk “reparations” now.

How much of MY money did this dynamic duo get? I want it back.


63 posted on 12/17/2019 4:07:05 PM PST by CaptainPhilFan
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To: Daffynition
Moorish Americans

I thought Mary Tyler Moor was a vegan.<<<

You deciphered it! Everyone wants to be like Mary.

And well, 'tis the season to be Mary.


64 posted on 12/17/2019 5:05:52 PM PST by Ezekiel (The pun is mightier than the s-word. Goy to the World!)
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To: Zack Attack

Oh wow. Great plan for if you never got caught!


65 posted on 12/17/2019 7:31:39 PM PST by Yaelle
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To: Daffynition

Pretty sure she was married so probably not a vegan.


66 posted on 12/17/2019 9:41:55 PM PST by stylin19a ((2016 - Best.Election.Of.All.Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever))
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To: Vigilanteman

I absolutely kid you not. It was several years ago.


67 posted on 12/18/2019 7:28:05 AM PST by Sequoyah101 (We are governed by the consent of the governed and we are fools for allowing it.)
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