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Marcello Banes indicted on additional false tax return charge
Banes was originally indicted in June 2024 on money laundering charges
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Marcello Banes faces an additional charge of making and subscribing a false tax return, according to an superseding indictment filed on March 11.
NEWTON COUNTY – Suspended Newton County Board of Commissioners Chairman Marcello Banes is now facing an additional charge in his ongoing federal criminal case. A superseding indictment dated for March 11 lists an additional charge of making and subscribing a false tax return. The indictment alleges that Banes deliberately misrepresented himself when he filed a taxable income of $51,677 for the calendar year 2019.