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Alabama State Employee Sentenced for Providing Names in Identity Theft Scheme
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2013 WWW.USDOJ.GOV WASHINGTON – Lea’Tice Phillips, of Montgomery County, Ala., was sentenced to serve 94 months of incarceration today, announced Assistant Attorney General Kathryn Keneally of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama George L. Beck Jr. Phillips was also…
Five Individuals Charged with Filing False Tax Returns and Related Crimes as part of Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Initiative
September 16, 2013 BATON ROUGE, LA – Acting United States Attorney Walt Green announced the filing of criminal charges against five (5) individuals accused of committing tax fraud, identity theft, and related crimes in the Baton Rouge area. Collectively, these five individuals are alleged to have submitted more than 1,000…
ID theft ring filed false tax returns, bought gift cards, authorities say
By Erika Pesantes, Sun Sentinel 6:15 p.m. EDT, October 11, 2013 Eight people from Broward County, including three siblings, are accused of stealing identities to get illegal tax refunds in order to buy thousands of dollars in gift cards from South Florida retailers. Accused of multiple fraud and aggravated identity theft charges…
Feds bust about 40 South Floridians accused of ID theft, tax fraud totaling millions of dollars
BY JAY WEAVER | jweaver@MiamiHerald.com Federal agents swept through South Florida this week to arrest about 40 people charged with the viral-spreading crimes of identity theft and tax-refund fraud. U.S. Attorney Wifredo Ferrer said the takedown was the biggest yet since his office established a strike force to target the…
IRS Releases the Dirty Dozen Tax Scams for 2013
IR-2013-33, March 26, 2013 WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today issued its annual “Dirty Dozen” list of tax scams, reminding taxpayers to use caution during tax season to protect themselves against a wide range of schemes ranging from identity theft to return preparer fraud. The Dirty Dozen listing, compiled…
Brevard County Resident Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Tax Fraud Scheme and Aggravated Identity Theft
U.S. Attorney’s Office September 23, 2013 ORLANDO, FL—U.S. District Judge Gregory Presnell today sentenced Abdul Cunningham (38, Rockledge) to 12 years in federal prison for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. The court also ordered Cunningham to pay restitution in the amount of $560,731.00. As part of his sentence, the…
