Posted on: Sunday, April 10, 2005

Man charged in IRS case

Advertiser Staff

A federal grand jury returned a 15-count indictment on Friday charging Paul Lanakila Campos, a Honolulu resident, with filing false claims for tax refunds from 2000 through 2002.

The first 12 counts of the indictment each charge Campos with filing employers' quarterly federal tax returns, Form 941, with the Internal Revenue Service claiming bogus refunds ranging from $2,340 to $9,750.

U.S. Attorney Ed Kubo Jr. said that the total amount allegedly claimed for refunds in the 12 counts was $99,167.87. The indictment also charges Campos with filing three IRS individual tax returns, either Form 1040 or Form 1040A, claiming bogus returns of $3,519, $9,116 and $6,078.

A conviction would net as much as five years in prison and a $250,000 fine for each count.