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Fourteen Defendants Charged in Separate Stolen Identity Refund Schemes
Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; Richard Weber, Chief, IRS-Criminal Investigation Division (IRS-CI); Jose A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), Miami Office; Paula Reid, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Secret Service; Michael B. Steinbach, Acting Special Agent in Charge;…
Examples of Identity Theft Schemes – Fiscal Year 2013
The following examples of identity theft schemes are written from public record documents on file in the court records in the judicial district in which the cases were prosecuted. Alabama Woman Sentenced for Identity Theft Conspiracy On January 2, 2013, in Montgomery, Ala., Nakesha Donaldson was sentenced to 57 months…
Examples of Identity Theft Schemes – Fiscal Year 2012
The following examples of identity theft investigations are written from public record documents on file in the court records in the judicial district in which the cases were prosecuted. Florida Woman Sentenced for Tax Fraud and Identity Theft On September 25, 2012, in Tampa, Fla., Arswaya Ralph was sentenced to…
Why Is CI Involved in Identity Theft?
IRS Criminal Investigation (CI) detects and investigates tax fraud and other financial fraud, including fraud related to identity theft. Identity theft is most likely to occur in our Questionable Refund Program (QRP) area where individual identities are stolen with the intent to file false returns claiming tax refunds. Additional areas…
Enforcement Actions Taken On Identity Theft Investigations
During the week of January 23, 2012, IRS Criminal Investigation took the following enforcement actions against individuals who committed, or are alleged to have committed, identity theft. Below are press releases from the Department of Justice, Tax Division, or the U.S. Attorneys’ offices where the enforcement actions took place. The…
Law Enforcement Resources
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) – www.irs.gov Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) – www.fbi.gov/ U.S. Attorney’s Offices – www.justice.gov/usao/fls/ U.S. Department of Justice – www.justice.gov/criminal/ U.S. Department of the Treasury – www.treasury.gov/ Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) – www.fincen.gov/ Federal Trade Commission – www.ftc.gov/ Broward County State Attorney’s Office – www.sao17.state.fl.us/ Miami-Dade County State Attorney’s Office – www.miamisao.com/ Florida Department…
