Greenville, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake announced today that Myron Anvil “Mac" McCall, age 59, of Greenville, South Carolina, was found guilty as charged by a jury in federal court in Greenville, South Carolina, of an indictment listing twenty seven (27) counts of violations of Title 18, United States Code, Section 287. Specifically, each count of the indictment charged that McCall had filed a false tax return for another person. The trial was presided over by United States District Judge Bruce H. Hendricks who will sentence Mr. McCall at a later date.
Testimony at trial showed that McCall had worked with over 80 prison inmates and, using their names and Social Security numbers, had prepared false income tax returns for them and sought to obtain fraudulent refunds from the government totaling approximately $500,000. The scheme was discovered when an incriminating letter from Mr. McCall to an inmate in an Arkansas state prison was intercepted. The letter led to the involvement of Internal Revenue Service investigators who stopped the scheme. However, almost $300,000 in fraudulent refunds had already been sent out.
The case was investigated and prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Maxwell Cauthen and David C. Stephens of the Greenville Office. U.S. Attorney Drake commends the Internal Revenue Service for its diligence and hard work in investigating and assisting in the prosecution of Mr. McCall. ##
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
