A Minnesota man is facing multiple federal charges after he falsely requested tax refunds of more than $90 million and used his undeserved refunds to purchase a multi-million dollar lakefront property, according to prosecutors.
Caesar Munir Wilson made his first appearance in U.S. District Court on Thursday on charges of conspiracy to file false claims for tax refunds, filing a false claim for a tax refund, money laundering, and bank fraud from 2022 to 2023.
The indictment claims Wilson falsely requested refunds of more than $90 million on his own tax returns and conspired with a man named Nathan Lloyd Staples to file false returns seeking more than $210 million in additional tax refunds. Staples pleaded guilty last year.
According to the indictment, Staples agreed to help recruit clients for Wilson “to teach how to use tax returns to access secret government trust accounts.”
As the indictment explains, Wilson began advising a group of “sovereign citizens,” which refers to people who believe that certain laws do not apply to a person’s “sovereign persona” and that the government “monetizes Americans’ birth certificates to fund and maintain a secret trust account.”
Wilson’s fraudulent claims resulted in the Treasury paying out more than $19 million in undeserved tax refunds, federal prosecutors said.
He’s accused of using $2.6 million of the proceeds to buy a 63-acre property with a five-bed, five-bath home in Prior Lake on Lake Cynthia.
The indictment also accuses Wilson of attempting to defraud three financial institutions out of more than $50 million.
“Individuals who file false claims for tax refunds and who conspire with others to violate the laws of the United States must be held accountable for their criminal conduct,” said U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen, whose office is prosecuting the case.
Anthony Gockowski
Anthony Gockowski is Editor-in-Chief of Alpha News. He previously worked as an editor for The Minnesota Sun and Campus Reform, and wrote for the Daily Caller.
