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February 28, 2019

Georgia Man Offers IRS Employee $30,000 to Falsify Audit Results

On November 6, 2018, in the Northern District of Georgia, Magdaleno Garcia Alonso was indicted for corruptly offering a thing of value to an employee of the United States. Alonso was subsequently arrested for the offense on November 10, 2018, by special agents of the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.

According to the court documents, on or about September 19, 2018, Alonso offered an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) revenue agent $30,000, with the intent to induce the revenue agent to commit an act in violation of his or her lawful duties, that is, to falsify the results of audits of Alonso’s and Georgia Concrete, Incorporated’s Federal income tax returns for tax years 2015 and 2016.

Alonso is detained pending trial and could face a maximum statutory sentence of 15 years’ imprisonment.

Source:  The facts in this case narrative come from the following publicly available documents: N.D. Ga. Indict. filed Nov. 6, 2018; N.D. Ga. Order of Detention filed Nov. 13, 2018; N.D. Ga. Executed Arrest Warrant filed Nov. 19, 2018; N.D. Ga. Crim. Docket as of Nov. 28, 2018.