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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CRIMINAL NO. 19-

v. DATE FILED: June 4, 2019

JEFFREY BLACKWELL VIOLATIONS:

26 U.S.C. § 7206(1) (making and
subscribing a false tax return - 1 count)
26 U.S.C. § 7203 (failure to file a tax return
-2 counts)

INDICTMENT

COUNT ONE

THE GRAND JURY CHARGES THAT:

On or about April 15, 2013, in Philadelphia, in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania,

and elsewhere, defendant

JEFFREY BLACKWELL

willfully made and subscribed a United States income tax return, Form 1040, for the calendar

year 2012, which was verified by a written declaration that it was made under the penalty of

perjury and filed with the Director, Internal Revenue Service Center, at Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania, which defendant BLACKWELL did not believe to be true and correct as to every

material matter, in that the return claimed T.W., a person known to the Grand Jury, as a

dependent on line 6c, and claimed unreimbursed travel·expenses on lines 2 and 3 of Form 2106-

EZ, when, as defendant BLACKWELL knew, T.W. was not a dependent of defendant

BLACKWELL, and defendant BLACKWELL did not incur the travel expenses claimed on

Form 2106-EZ.

In violation of Title 26, United States Code, Section 7206(1 ).

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COUNTS TWO AND THREE

THE GRAND JURY FURTHER CHARGES THAT:

1. From on or about January 1, 2014, through on or about December 31,

2015, defendant JEFFREY BLACKWELL received gross income consisting of a salary from the

City of Philadelphia, payments from a business he owned, and payments from individuals hoping

to get permits or business from the City of Philadelphia.

2. During the calendar years set forth below, in Philadelphia, in the Eastern

District of Pennsylvania, defendant

JEFFREY BLACKWELL,

a resident of Ph.iladelphia, had and received gross income substantially in excess of the minimum

filing requirement, as set forth below, and that by reason of such gross income he was required

by law, following the close of each calendar year and on or before April 15 of the following year,

to make an income tax return to the Director, Internal Revenue Service Center, at Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania, or other proper officer of the United States, stating specifically the items of his

gross income and any deductions and credits to which he was entitled; that knowing this, he

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willfully failed to make an income tax return to the Director of the Internal Revenue Service

Center, or to any other proper officer of the United States:

GROSS INCOME
COUNT YEAR FILING REQUIREMENT

2 2014 $20,300

3 2015 $20,600

All in violation of Title 26, United States Code, Section 7203.

A TRUE BILL:

GRAND JURY FOREPERSON

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UNITED STATES ATTORNEY