Minnesota Man Sentenced to 30 Months for $1.18M Tax Refund Scheme

beginning in or about April 2022 and continuing through at least May 2023, Herod conspired with Matthew McDowell and others to defraud the Internal Revenue Service by obtaining and aiding to obtain the payment of false, fictitious, and fraudulent claims. Matthew McDowell was separately sentenced on April 6, 2026.

As part of the conspiracy, Herod devised continue reading …