New Orleans Woman Guilty of False Statements to the IRS and Cares Act Fraud

NEW ORLEANS - MYIESHA ROBERTSON ("ROBERTSON"), age 35, of New Orleans, LA, pleaded guilty on March 4, 2026 before United States District Judge Greg G. Guidry to a three-count Bill of Information that charged her with making false statements to the IRS on behalf of a client, and in her own tax filings, and false statements related to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), announced U.S. Attorney David I. Courcelle.

According to court documents, ROBERTSON admitted, in Count 1, making false statements to the IRS in 2022 when she falsely claimed credits for a tax customer, resulting in a refund to which the customer was not entitled in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 7206(1). As to Count 2, ROBERTSON admitted her failure to report the correct amount of her own taxable income of approximately $116,000 for 2022 in her 1040 IRS tax form in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 7206(2). Finally, as to Count 3, ROBERTSON made false statements to the SBA in order to fraudulently obtain pandemic-related, federal government funded, relief loans of approximately $60,900, including PPP funds in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1001.

Sentencing will be on June 10, 2026. As to Counts 1 and 2, ROBERTSON faces up to three years in prison, up to $100,000 in fines, and up to three years of supervised release for the false statements to the IRS. As to Count 3, she faces up to five years in prison, up to $250,000 in fines, and up to three years of supervised release for the false statements count. There is also a $100 mandatory special assessment fee per count due after conviction.

For more information on the Department of Justice's response to the pandemic, please visit https://www.justice.gov/coronavirus. Anyone with information about allegations of attempted fraud involving COVID-19 can report it by calling the Department of Justice's National Center for Disaster Fraud (NCDF) Hotline at 866-720-5721 or via the NCDF Web Complaint Form at https://www.justice.gov/disaster-fraud/ncdf-disaster-complaint-form.

U.S. Attorney Courcelle praised the work of the Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigations in investigating this matter. Assistant U.S. Attorney Edward J. Rivera is in charge of the prosecution.

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