Littleton man indicted for filing $3 million in false tax returns

Date: Jan. 5, 2026

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DENVER - The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Colorado announces that Anthony Dattilo of Littleton was indicted by a federal grand jury on three counts of wire fraud, three counts of false claims, and two counts of engaging in monetary transactions in property derived from specified unlawful activity.

According to the indictment, Dattilo devised a scheme to defraud and obtain money from the United States Department of Treasury, namely the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), by making false statements on tax returns which he filed with the IRS. Those false returns caused the IRS to refund Dattilo more than $3 million.

The charges contained in the indictment are allegations, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

The investigation is being conducted by IRS Criminal Investigation.

The prosecution is being handled by Assistant United States Attorney Tim Neff.

IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) is the law enforcement arm of the IRS, responsible for conducting financial crime investigations, including tax fraud, narcotics trafficking, money laundering, public corruption, healthcare fraud, identity theft and more. IRS-CI special agents are the only federal law enforcement agents with investigative jurisdiction over violations of the Internal Revenue Code, obtaining a 90% federal conviction rate. The agency has 19 field offices located across the U.S. and 14 attaché posts abroad.