Former Florida State Seminole Ken Alexander indicted by feds on tax fraud charges

A federal grand jury has indicted former Florida State linebacker Ken Alexander on a dozen counts involving the fraudulent preparation of income tax returns that include theft of government money and fraud with identification documents. 

Alexander, 46, was a starter and team captain on the 1993 national championship team. His trial is set for Sept. 10, 2018, before U.S. District Judge Mark Walker.

He used an NCAA postgraduate scholarship to earn his law degree and remained in Tallahassee, where he worked for Parks & Crump and started his consulting firm in 2005. 

“It’s a huge misunderstanding,” Alexander told the Tallahassee Democrat Thursday morning. 

Alexander voiced confidence he would be cleared of the charges.

“I can’t really say anything more,” Alexander said. “Good deeds will get done.” 

Alexander said he is being represented by Tallahassee attorney Gary A. Roberts.

Alexander was identified in the indictment as the sole shareholder of the Wizard Business Center, a tax preparation business. 

Alexander faces 10 counts of filing income tax returns for 10 taxpayers from 2012 to 2016 that were “fraudulent and false," according to the indictment. One count stated that Alexander “knowingly and willfully did steal” more than $1,000 from the Internal Revenue Service during the preparation of those forms during that same time frame.   

The final count said Alexander, between Dec. 6, 2013 and Nov. 11, 2014, did “knowingly possess and use, without lawful authority, a means of identification of another person” in “theft of government money as charged in Count 11.”

Alexander, a three-year starter at FSU, was the Seminoles’ leading tackler in 1993. A respected team leader, Alexander served on FSU’s Alumni Board over a six-year span that ended in 2012. 

Correction: A previous version of this story incorrectly said Alexander was an attorney.