The owner of an accounting and bookkeeping firm in Georgia faces dozens of federal charges for an alleged tax scam targeting truck drivers.
On August 13, 2026, federal authorities announced that a federal grand jury had returned an indictment containing 54 charges against Diane Marie Poe, 62.
The charges include 32 counts of bank fraud, 14 counts of failing to report and pay withholding taxes and FICA taxes, four counts of failing to file a corporate tax return, two counts of preparing and signing a false return, and two counts of theft from federal programs.
Poe owns an accounting firm in Walton County, Georgia, called Genuine Financial Services, Inc. (GFS), which provided payroll and payroll tax services, as well as business and personal tax return preparation and filing services, primarily for trucking companies.
Clients paid GFS estimated payroll taxes as part of the services.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of Georgia, Poe defrauded at least 26 people, mostly independent truck drivers, by “accepting payments for tax and filing services he did not provide, including collecting estimated payroll taxes or trust funds without remitting them to the IRS.”
In addition, Poe is accused of failing to properly file his personal and business tax returns, as well as failing to pay payroll taxes for his own employees.
Most trucking companies learned about GFS through word of mouth, according to authorities. There may be more victims in addition to the 26 identified so far as part of the investigation.
Agencies investigating the case include the FBI, the IRS, the Loganville Police Department, the Walton County Sheriff’s Office, and the Walton County District Attorney’s Office.
The FBI urges anyone who has used GFS’s services and believes they may have been a victim of this scam to call the FBI’s Atlanta office at (770) 216-3000.
