Georgia Postal Employee Indicted For His Role in a Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Scheme
Thursday, January 5th, 2017 @ 6:59PM
Georgia Postal Employee Indicted For His Role in a Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Scheme
CFEG reports that the Department of Justice released a statement that a Georgia Postal employee was recently indicted for his role in a stolen identity refund fraud conspiracy. The full report may be viewed by clicking the link below.
A federal grand jury sitting in Macon, Georgia returned an indictment against a resident of Columbus, Georgia on Nov. 9, which was unsealed today, for his role in a stolen identity refund fraud conspiracy, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, and U.S. Attorney G.F. Peterman III for the Middle District of Georgia.
According to the indictment, Harold Coley worked as a mail carrier for the U.S. Postal Service and his postal route was in Columbus, Georgia. In 2012, Coley became involved in a stolen identity tax refund conspiracy. Coley’s co-conspirators, including Keshia Lanier, obtained stolen personal identification information from several sources, including from an Alabama state database and then prepared and filed false federal income tax returns for tax years 2011 and 2012. Coley provided his co-conspirators with addresses on his postal route to which the fraudulently obtained tax refund checks could be mailed. Several of these addresses did not exist or were for vacant homes. Coley was paid a fee to divert and provide these checks to his co-conspirators.
Posted by cfegov
Categories: Identity Theft
