Tax Attorney Returned to Face Justice

The Bureau of Diplomatic Security’s special agent assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Madagascar located tax fraud fugitive Bobby Keith Moser after receiving information from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Marshals Service, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Division. Moser was returned to the United States on March 26 to face justice.

Moser had agreed to plea guilty to money laundering, obstruction of justice and conspiracy charges in Michigan, as well as tax fraud charges in Arkansas. However, he fled the country before his scheduled February 2004 court appearance in Michigan.

Investigators from the FBI, Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation Division, the U.S. Marshal, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement tracked Moser to Madagascar. The special agent assigned to the U.S. Mission in Madagascar coordinated with local authorities to locate, arrest and return Moser to Little Rock, Arkansas, to stand trial for one count of transportation of stolen money, one count of engaging in a monetary transaction in property derived from unlawful activity and two counts of mail fraud.

Moser faces up to 30 years in prison and/or a fine of $1,000,000.

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