DETROIT (Michigan News Source) – A federal judge sentenced a Detroit woman to more than four years in a scheme to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and six states out of about $28 million in tax returns.

The U.S. Attorney’s office announced that 42-year-old Sameerah Marrell received her sentence Friday, plus three years on supervised release.

Marrell pleaded guilty on Jan 23 to mail fraud, wire fraud and committing an offense on bond.

Court records show that Marrell and accomplices filed false claims for income tax refunds with the IRS and the Minnesota, Georgia, Maryland, Arizona, Connecticut and Colorado state treasuries between 2014 and 2022.

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The claims sought $13.7 million from the IRS and $14.7 million from the states.