Cincinnati Man Pleads Guilty to Selling More Than $1 Million in Counterfeit Tax Preparation Software
WASHINGTON – A Cincinnati man pleaded guilty yesterday to selling more than $1 million worth of counterfeit financial and tax preparation software through an Internet auction site, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney Carter Stewart for the Southern District of Ohio; Tracey E. Warren, Acting Special Agent in Charge for the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI); Dugan T. Wong, Assistant Inspector in Charge for the U.S. Postal Inspection Service; and J. Mark Batts, Acting Special Agent in Charge for the FBI’s Cincinnati Division. Brandon C. Davis, 31, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Herman J. Weber in the Southern District of Ohio to one count of mail fraud , one count of copyright infringement and two counts of filing a false income tax return. According to court documents, Davis purchased by downloading or on a CD, Quicken and Turbo Tax software manufactured by ...