Crookston Man Indicted For Tax Fraud

A Crookston man is facing six federal counts after a grand jury indicted him on charges of filing false tax returns and submitting fraudulent refund claims totaling more than $500,000.  Philip Nelson Green was indicted March 17 in U.S. District Court in the District of Minnesota. He faces four counts of filing false tax returns and two counts of making false claims against the United States government.  According to the indictment, Green willfully filed false individual income tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service for tax years 2019 through 2022. Prosecutors allege he fabricated W-2 wage statements, understated income, overstated federal tax withholdings, inflated itemized deductions, and claimed credits and refunds he was not entitled to receive.  Green also faces two counts of making false claims against the government. The indictment alleges he submitted a fraudulent amended 2021 tax return claiming a $252,049 refund in March 2022, and a fraudulent 2022 tax return claiming a $264,465 refund in February 2023.