Federal prosecutors have charged a Canadian man with conspiring along with a group of Canadian citizens to defraud American taxpayers. They say 36-year-old Timothy Johnson of Calgary, Alberta pleaded guilty in federal court in Rochester to filing false tax returns.
Johnson was offered a plea deal and agreed to make restitution of nearly $643,000 he received from the IRS. He also admitted opening a bank account in Rochester, depositing the check, and transferring funds to his co-conspirators in Canada. The crimes took place between 2009 and 2011.
Two Burlington, Ontario men were also arrested in connection with the scheme. One is awaiting sentencing and the other is serving 11 years and three months in prison.