PANAMA CITY -- Anthony Q. Atkinson, 31, of Panama City, was sentenced Wednesday to serve three years and one month in federal prison for filing fraudulent tax returns using the personal identifying information of other individuals.
The sentence imposed by the court was announced by United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, Pamela C. Marsh.
Atkinson and others were involved in a tax scheme whereby they conspired to file false federal income tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service claiming refunds to which the defendants knew they were not entitled.
As a result of the scheme, Atkinson and others caused the United States Treasury to pay approximately $23,496 in fraudulent income tax refunds, which Atkinson was ordered to pay back to the Internal Revenue Service as restitution. Atkinson also was sentenced to serve a three-year term of supervised release, and ordered to pay a $900 special monetary assessment.