Acworth Businessman Charged With Bribery

ATLANTA, GA – Magdaleno Garcia Alonso, the owner and operator of Acworth Georgia Concrete, Incorporated, was arraigned Tuesday on bribery charges for offering to pay an IRS employee $30,000 to falsify results of audits of his individual and business tax returns for 2015 and 2016. “Alonso’s alleged attempt to bribe a federal employee by offering cash in return for fabricated audit reports of his tax returns failed,” said U. S. Attorney Byung J. “BJay” Pak. “The integrity of IRS is not for sale and those who devise schemes to circumvent paying their tax obligations will be investigated and prosecuted.”

According to prosecutors, between September 14 and 19, 2018, Alonso allegedly bribed an IRS employee to falsify the results of audits of his personal and business tax returns for tax years 2015 and 2016. TIGTA agents arrested Garcia on November 9, 2018.

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