FORT WORTH, Texas — A federal grand jury has indicted four family members from Texas and Mississippi for allegedly conspiring to defraud the United States by filing false tax returns seeking millions in refunds.
The indictment, unsealed yesterday, charges David Hunt, age not specified, of Arlington, Texas, his twin sons Brandon Hunt and Baylon Hunt, also of Arlington, and their half-brother Corey Burt, of Mississippi.
Beginning in 2016, the family allegedly filed false tax returns in the name of purported trusts, seeking over $8.5 million in refunds they were not entitled to receive, according to the indictment. Brandon Hunt also allegedly filed a false return in his own name. The defendants reportedly received over $1 million from the IRS based on these fraudulent returns…