Christopher Moore, the former Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) employee accused of orchestrating a plot that caused the Government to lose in excess of $1 billion, and his three co-accused are scheduled to go on trial in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court on June 9.

Former TAJ auditor David Johnson, well-known ophthalmologist Dr William Thomas Lee, and his accountant Christopher Wilson are the other three accused in the matter.

The trial date was scheduled when the four accused appeared in court earlier this week.

However, before the trial begins, the men are to return to court on April 8 for the matter to be mentioned.

Moore, 37, an information technology specialist who was employed at the East Street branch of the TAJ, is charged with 20 counts of unauthorised access to computer data and three counts of cheating the public revenue. The other three accused are also charged with cheating the public revenue.

Moore was arrested last June following allegations that between October and December 2013 he gained access to the main tax system for the Government from his home and manipulated taxpayers’ revenue, causing the State to lose in excess of $1 billion.

The other accused, including Lee who is accused of cheating the public revenue of $21 million, were arrested last December.

Prosecutors say they have text messages and other digital evidence to show that instructions were given for Lee’s taxpayer’s account to be wiped clean after he was assessed as owing the Government millions of dollars in tax and penalties.

Prosecutors further alleged that Johnson gave the instructions to Moore and that Lee’s accountant sent text messages to Johnson with the doctor’s Tax Registration Number and other tax information.