Pictured: The Globe police building received minor damage last December, but the man who allegedly set the fire is facing fraud charges from the IRS.

The man who allegedly set fire to the Globe Police Department building last December has been convicted of defrauding the U.S. government of more than $6 million in an IRS scam that took place in 2016.

On June 5, Nathaniel Dominick Myers pled guilty in U.S. District Court to charges of filing a fictitious or fraudulent claim and awaits sentencing in August. He will face charges in Gila County after the dispatch of the federal case against him.

According to court documents, Myers’ brush with the IRS began in 2016 when he filed a false tax return for the tax year 2015, “claiming a tax refund in the amount of $6,274,633.”

Using online tax software, Myers, who was living in Payson at the time, claimed that he was the proprietor of a business called Information Technology Top Notch, Inc., claiming gross receipts of $9,999,999, with no expenses for the year, and a net profit of $9,999,999.

He attached a W2 claiming he was paid $9,999,999 and that all of it was withheld for federal income tax.

Top Notch was incorporated in November 2012 with the Arizona Corporation Commission and in 2013, Myers opened a business checking account but made “almost no business deposits” into the account, according to his guilty plea in the case. He closed that account at the end of 2013, claiming that he had no significant wages from any regular employment.

In 2016, Myers was able to deposit the tax return into a personal account at a BBVA Compass Bank branch in Payson, but it is not clear if he was able to spend any of the money, as shortly thereafter, he was charged for the crime.

On Dec. 1, 2017, Myers was released on his own recognizance with several conditions attached to his bail, including, not committing “any federal, state or local crime”; he was required to inform the court of any change of address from that filed with Pretrial Services; he was required to “actively participate in a mental health treatment program,” and only allowed to leave his place of residence for “employment, education, religious services, mental, substance abuse, or mental health visits.” He was also allowed to do anything pertaining to his legal issues.

On the night he allegedly set fire to the Globe Police Department, Myers was living with his uncle Don Myers in Globe, when he began to act erratically and was forced to leave the house, thereby breaking the first of his Pretrial bail conditions.

According to a petition filed with U.S. District Court on Dec. 28, 2017, the senior Myers contacted Pretrial Services on Dec. 27 to inform them that Nathaniel Myers no longer resided at his house, as he was kicked out for slashing all four tires on his vehicle.

Further, Nathaniel Myers was “exhibiting extreme signs of anger and schizophrenic behavior,” and that “the defendant had left his property and is not welcome to return at any time.”

At about 11 p.m., that evening, a small fire was set in the rear of the Globe Police Department.

When officers noticed the flames, the fire was quickly extinguished, according to a report at the time. Fire Marshall Joe Bracamonte was called to assist with the investigation and determined that the fire had been intentionally set.

Nathaniel Myers was questioned regarding the arson and subsequently arrested for Attempted Arson of an Occupied Structure and booked into the Gila County Jail.

There was no damage to the police building and no one was injured during the incident, but Myers’ problems snowballed when jail staff removed his monitoring device.

He also violated the terms of his release because he did not enter into mental health services required by the agreement.

Myers’ plea agreement for the federal case states that his sentence will not exceed 24 months, “mandatory restitution does not apply,” and he will forego a trial or further hearings.

So now Myers awaits sentencing in federal court and then will face charges in Gila County.

According to Brian Watson, special agent and public information officer for the IRS criminal investigation, Myers will be in federal court in Phoenix on Aug. 27 for sentencing.

He added that these types of cases are often drawn out for months, if not years, but he expects this one to be handled with expediency.

“It is common for these cases to have a continuance,” Watson said. “But in this case, with charges pending in Gila County, it’s likely the sentencing will take place.”

Sentencing set for Aug. 27, 2018 at 1:30 p.m. in Courtroom 603, 401 W. Washington St., Phoenix, before Judge David G. Campbell.