A federal Grand Jury handed down an indictment charging Adrienne Marta Frazer, a Scottsdale doctor, with five counts of 18 U.S.C. section 287 – False Claims Upon the United States. The indictment alleges she filed five false tax returns claiming a total of $6,255,400 in refunds.
The Scottsdale chiropractor is accused of knowingly making claims against the United States for payment, by filing and causing to be filed amended federal income tax returns from 2005 to2009.
2005 amended federal income tax return $979,099
2006 amended federal income tax return $1,045,343
2007 amended federal income tax return $571,442
2008 federal income tax return $593,651
2009 federal income tax return $3,065,865
Frazer’s arraignment set for November 14, 2012 at 10:30 a.m. in Phoenix before Magistrate Judge Bridget S. Bade.