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Cutler Bay Man Sentenced in $12 Million Identity Theft Tax Refund Fraud Scheme Involving the Cashing of Thousands of Fraudulently Obtained U.S. Treasury Checks
U.S. Attorney’s Office June 05, 2013 Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; Michael J. DePalma, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI); Paula A. Reid, Special Agent in Charge, United States Secret Service (USSS); Ronald Verrochio, Inspector in Charge, U.S. Postal…
IRS Combats Identity Theft and Refund Fraud on Many Fronts
IRS YouTube Videos ID Theft: Protect Yourself from Identity Theft: English | Spanish | ASL ID Theft: Are You a Victim of Identity Theft?: English | Spanish | ASL Podcasts ID Theft: Protect Yourself from Identity Theft: English | Spanish ID Theft: Are You a Victim of Identity Theft?: English…
Broward Man Slapped with Stiff 13-Year Prison Sentence in ID-Theft, Tax-Fraud Case
February 22, 2013 Rodney St. Fleur admitted in federal court Friday that he stole thousands of Social Security numbers of prison inmates through LexisNexis database searches at his employer’s law office in North Miami. St. Fleur then sold the valuable digits to a gang member accused of filing millions of…
IRS Cracks Down On Identity Theft, Tax Fraud
February 7, 2013 With tax filing season heating up, an aggressive Internal Revenue Service crackdown is targeting the growing problem of criminals who use stolen identities to seek tens of thousands of dollars in fraudulent tax refunds. Acting IRS Commissioner Steven T. Miller said Thursday that a January sweep in…
Riverview Woman Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud Conspiracy and Aggravated Identity Theft
U.S. Attorney’s Office February 13, 2013 TAMPA, FL—United States Attorney Robert E. O’Neill announces that Carlista Hawls pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service, wire fraud, and theft of government funds and one count of aggravated identity theft. Hawls faces a maximum penalty…
Former University Community Hospital Employee Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft
U.S. Attorney’s Office February 12, 2013 TAMPA, FL—United States Attorney Robert E. O’Neill announces that Tanya Cullens today pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service, wire fraud, theft of government funds, and one count of aggravated identity theft. She faces a maximum penalty of…
