Federal indictment alleges tax fraud

YOUNGSTOWN — A Boardman man whose rape trial has been pending three years is now under federal indictment, charged with filing false tax returns for clients.

The indictment handed up Wednesday in Cleveland federal court against Darryl L. Adams, 44, alleges that he claimed inflated tax refunds between 2002 and 2004 for at least 29 clients.

He reported fake deductions for medical expenses, charitable contributions and tuition; claimed fictitious dependents and false filing status; and fabricated educational, child care and earned income credits, the government said.

The indictment lists 10 clients by their initials. The false refunds claimed range from $2,060 to $8,904.

Adams, in some cases, arranged for the IRS to direct-deposit the refunds into accounts he controlled and then either kept the entire refund or a portion of it for himself, the government said.

Also, to conceal what he’d done, he allegedly gave clients a copy of a tax return that was not the return he submitted to the IRS on their behalf, the government said.

Adams is scheduled to be arraigned by Magistrate Judge George J. Limbert in Youngstown federal court Feb. 29.

The case is assigned to U.S. District Judge Solomon Oliver Jr. in Cleveland and is being prosecuted by Justin J. Roberts, an assistant U.S. attorney.

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