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August 20, 2009

SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY WOMAN INDICTED FOR TAX EVASION

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — United States Attorney Lawrence G. Brown announced today that a federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging DEBORAH MURILLO, 55, of Valley Springs, with evasion of federal income taxes.

This case is the product of an extensive investigation by the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation.

According to Assistant United States Attorney Samantha Spangler, who is prosecuting the case, MURILLO failed to file federal tax returns for tax years 1993 through 2004 and failed to pay approximately $176,644 in taxes that were due and owing during that period. The indictment also alleges that MURILLO manipulated her employer’s computer records to reduce the tax withholdings.

If convicted, MURILLO faces a maximum statutory penalty of five years in prison, a $250,000 fine, and three years of supervised release. The actual sentence, however, will be determined at the discretion of the court after consideration of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, which take into account a number of variables and any applicable statutory sentencing factors.

The charges are only allegations and the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

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