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Date: 08-18-2021
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Case Number: 3:20-cr-00044-CAR-CHW
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Court: United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia (Clarke County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office
Defendant's Attorney:
Description: Athens, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with filing fraudulent tax returns in the several trusts.
Between 2016 and 2018, Marquet Mattox, of Lilburn, filed at least 30 fraudulent federal income tax returns in the name of at least 11 different trusts. Those returns falsely represented that the trusts had earned interest income and that federal income taxes had been withheld and paid to the IRS. Mattox then fraudulently requested refunds on behalf of the purported trusts totaling nearly $165 million. The IRS paid approximately $5 million of the requested refunds, which Mattox used to purchase a house, expensive furniture and a luxury automobile.
Mattox will be sentenced at a later date. He faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison on the wire fraud counts, five years on the false claims counts, and 10 years on the theft of government funds count. He also faces a period of supervised release, restitution, monetary penalties and forfeiture.
Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Peter D. Leary for the Middle District of Georgia made the announcement.
IRS-Criminal Investigation and the Treasury Department’s Office of the Inspector General investigated the case.
Trial Attorney Jessica A. Kraft of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and Assistant U.S. Attorney Lyndie M. Freeman of the Middle District of Georgia are prosecuting the case.
08/15/2021 57 Proposed Jury Instructions/Requests to Charge by UNITED STATES OF AMERICA as to MARQUET ANTWAIN BURGESS MATTOX (KRAFT, JESSICA) (Entered: 08/15/2021)
08/16/2021 58 MOTION for Discovery by MARQUET ANTWAIN BURGESS MATTOX. (ggs) Modified on 8/16/2021 to remove referral judge. (ggs). (Entered: 08/16/2021)
08/16/2021 59 MOTION for Relief from a Final Judgment Order or Proceeding by MARQUET ANTWAIN BURGESS MATTOX. (Attachments: # 1 Relief Continued, # 2 Final Decree Changing the Name of an Adult, # 3 Letter dated 7/26/2021 from N. Paul to M. Mattox, # 4 Notice from Department of the Treasury to Mattox) (ggs) Modified on 8/16/2021 to remove referral judge. (ggs). (Entered: 08/16/2021)
08/16/2021 60 Minute Entry (content for administrative purposes only) for proceedings held before US DISTRICT JUDGE C ASHLEY ROYAL:Jury Trial Day 1 as to MARQUET ANTWAIN BURGESS MATTOX held on 8/16/2021 Court Reporter: Tammy DiRocco. (ggs) (Entered: 08/17/2021)
08/16/2021 62 Minute Entry (content for administrative purposes only) for proceedings held before US DISTRICT JUDGE C ASHLEY ROYAL: FINAL PRETRIAL CONFERENCE held on 8/16/2021 in Athens. FTR Gold START and STOP Times 9:37-9:44. AUSA: Lyndie Freeman/Jessica Kraft. Defense Counsel: Pro-Se/Catherine Williams standby. Court Reporter: Tammy DiRocco.Time in Court: 9:37-9:44. (nop) (Entered: 08/17/2021)
08/17/2021 61 SECOND MOTION for Relief from a Final Judgment, Order, or Proceeding by MARQUET ANTWAIN BURGESS MATTOX. Motion(s) referred to CHARLES H WEIGLE.(ggs) (Entered: 08/17/2021)
08/17/2021 63 Minute Entry (content for administrative purposes only) for proceedings held before US DISTRICT JUDGE C ASHLEY ROYAL:Jury Trial Day 2 as to MARQUET ANTWAIN BURGESS MATTOX held on 8/17/2021. Court Reporter: Tammy DiRocco. (ggs) (Entered: 08/18/2021)
08/18/2021 64 Minute Entry (content for administrative purposes only) for proceedings held before US DISTRICT JUDGE C ASHLEY ROYAL:Jury Trial Day 3 as to MARQUET ANTWAIN BURGESS MATTOX held on 8/18/2021. Court Reporter: Tammy DiRocco. (ggs) (Entered: 08/18/2021)
Outcome: 08/18/2021 65 JURY VERDICT - Guilty on all counts (ggs) (Entered: 08/18/2021)
08/18/2021 66 Jury Verdict signature page (Un-redacted) re: 65 Jury Verdict. (ggs) (Entered: 08/18/2021)
08/19/2021 67 MOTION to Withdraw as Attorney Standby Counsel by Catherine M. Williams. by MARQUET ANTWAIN BURGESS MATTOX. (WILLIAMS, CATHERINE) Modified on 8/19/2021 to remove referral judge. (ggs). (Entered: 08/19/2021)
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