{"id":3320,"date":"2026-06-02T21:01:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T21:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=3320"},"modified":"2026-06-02T21:01:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T21:01:36","slug":"4th-member-of-arlington-family-gets-over-7-years-in-prison-for-tax-fraud-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=3320","title":{"rendered":"4th member of Arlington family gets over 7 years in prison for tax fraud scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<div> <!-- --> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>ARLINGTON, Texas<\/strong> &#8211; <\/span>A fourth member of an Arlington family who was part of a multimillion-dollar tax fraud scheme has been sentenced.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=3318\">Houston-area man accused of selling disabled parking placards on social media<\/a><\/p>\n<p>What we know:<\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p>Brandon Hunt got 7-and-a-half years in prison after being convicted of orchestrating the plan to file false tax returns in the names of purported trusts.<\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p>Hunt\u2019s twin brother Baylon, his father David and his half-brother Corey Burt were previously sentenced to years in prison as well.<\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p>The backstory:<\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors said the men sought $8.5 million in tax refunds to which they were not entitled.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=3316\">These are the 50 fastest-growing neighborhoods in the US, according to data<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p>Brandon and Baylon Hunt also submitted fake documents to the IRS that included altered money orders even after receiving warning letters from the IRS, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n<p> <!-- --><\/p>\n<p>According to prosecutors, the group received more than $1.7 million in tax refunds, and used the money to buy luxury items, furniture, cryptocurrency, a Cadillac Escalade and a house in Mississippi.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=3313\">WCWS Championship Series: Texas and Texas Tech set for finals rematch<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- --> <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fourth member of an Arlington family who was part of a multimillion-dollar tax fraud scheme has been sentenced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3319,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,28,8,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime-and-public-safety","category-money","category-news","category-texas"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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