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Miami Resident Sentenced to 81 Months in IRS Fraudulent Refund Scheme
U.S. Attorney’s Office April 21, 2014 Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; José A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI); George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office; and Daniel C. Alexander,…
IRS Criminal Investigation Combats Identity Theft Refund Fraud
FS-2014-3, January 2014 The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has seen a significant increase in refund fraud that involves identity thieves who file false claims for refunds by stealing and using someone’s Social Security number. The investigative work done by Criminal Investigation (CI) is a major component of the IRS’s efforts…
Feds charge 25 suspects with ID theft, tax fraud in South Florida take-down
By Jay Weaver (jweaver@MiamiHerald.com) At the height of tax season, federal authorities announced Thursday they have charged 25 South Florida suspects — including a Miami-Dade public school employee —with stealing personal information from unwitting victims such as students to file fraudulent income-tax returns in their names. All but one of…
Leader of Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Ring Sentenced to Jail
www.USDOJ.gov Thursday, Marcy 13, 2014 WASHINGTON – Christopher Davis, of Montgomery, Ala., was sentenced today to serve 60 months in prison, announced Assistant Attorney General Kathryn Keneally of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney George L. Beck Jr. for the Middle District of Alabama. Davis was also ordered…
Plant City Woman Sentenced to Prison in Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Scheme
U.S. Attorney’s Office January 30, 2014 TAMPA—U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew today sentenced Jennifer Meier Hunt to two years and six months in federal prison for committing stolen identity refund fraud. As part of her sentence, the court also entered a forfeiture money judgment in the amount of $97,238,…
Second Defendant Pleads Guilty in Identity Theft Tax Refund Fraud Scheme
U.S. Attorney’s Office January 09, 2014 Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; José A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI); Michael B. Steinbach, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office; and Daniel C. Alexander,…
