U.S. v. TRUITT

No. 18-2324.

938 F.3d 885 (2019)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Cathy Nicole TRUITT, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 12, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Helene B. Greenwald , Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Lisa Lundell Wood , Attorney, Lisa Wood Law, LLC, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Easterbrook, Sykes, and Barrett, Circuit Judges.


In late 2009 Cathy Truitt filed seven nearly identical tax returns, each falsely claiming that she was entitled to a $300,000 refund. The IRS identified six of the seven as fraudulent, but for unknown reasons it approved one and sent her a check for the full amount. Within weeks the IRS recognized the error and demanded that...

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