Information — No. 3:26-cr-00021 (Dkt. 2, E.D. Va.)

Summary

A criminal information in United States v. Kevin Alphonso Starlings, Case 3:26-cr-00021-DJN, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Richmond Division, filed February 11, 2026 as Document 2. Count 1 charges subscribing to a false tax return under 26 U.S.C. § 7206(1), alleging that a 2021 Amended Form 1040 filed on or about March 17, 2022 reported $192,479 in estimated tax payments and refundable credits and claimed a $184,644 refund. Count 2 charges wire fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1343 in connection with Virginia unemployment benefits paid through the VEC, which the count ties to a presidentially declared major disaster and emergency. The information describes Starlings as sole owner of several Virginia businesses and sets out the pandemic unemployment and EIDL programs. The forfeiture allegation seeks at least $76,762.

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