- A Colorado indictment accuses Clinton Roosevelt Dale of twelve counts involving false tax returns and money laundering.
- Prosecutors allege Blue Bear Tax Solutions reported drug proceeds as business income on returns for tax years 2023 through 2025.
- The case is scheduled for a jury trial beginning November sixteenth, twenty twenty-six in federal court.
A Colorado indictment accuses Clinton Roosevelt Dale, 51, of preparing false tax returns and laundering money through a Denver tax business. Prosecutors allege the filings disguised clients’ drug proceeds as lawful income and helped them show financial institutions earnings they could use to seek property loans.
Dale was indicted on September 19, 2026. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announced the charges three days later, saying he faces 12 counts involving willfully preparing false tax returns and money laundering.
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The alleged clients included an undercover IRS Criminal Investigation agent. The indictment says the agent told Dale: “I get my money selling white” and “I sell cocaine.”
The charges remain allegations. Dale is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
The alleged returns recast drug proceeds as business income
Prosecutors say Dale used Blue Bear Tax Solutions to create fictitious businesses and report clients’ illegal earnings as income from lawful businesses. The alleged filings covered tax years 2023 to 2025.
The indictment describes clients who primarily earned money from drug sales. One was a Denver man whose income came virtually entirely from those sales; the undercover agent was another alleged client. Prosecutors say Dale’s filings concealed where the money came from.
The alleged returns also included improper business expense deductions, according to the indictment. One client claimed more than $101,000 in business expenses over three years. The undercover agent’s returns included nearly $53,000 in alleged deductions.
Those claims accompanied reported business income, prosecutors allege. The indictment says the returns underreported clients’ taxable income and tax due, while also providing apparent proof of legitimate earnings.
The alleged financial purpose extended beyond filing tax returns. Prosecutors say Dale intended clients to use the filings with financial institutions to pursue purchases of real and personal property, including homes and luxury cars.
Dale’s IRS career ended in 2014 before the alleged filings
Dale worked for the IRS for more than ten years, serving as both a contact representative and a revenue agent. He resigned in lieu of termination in 2014.
He later founded the Denver tax business prosecutors connect to the alleged filings. IRS Criminal Investigation is investigating the case.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office announcement identifies Assistant United States Attorney Amanda R. Scott as the prosecutor handling the case. The charges include allegations about both the preparation of returns and money laundering.
The case is set for trial in November
The case, docketed as 26-cr-210-SKC, is before the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. Its schedule now points to a jury trial beginning November 16, 2026.
