Alabama Man Sentenced for Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Using Names Stolen from Nursing Homes

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2014-12-19

A Pike Road, Alabama, man was sentenced to serve 51 months in prison Thursday for committing stolen identity refund fraud (SIRF) crimes, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Larry J. Wszalek for the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney George L. Beck Jr. for the Middle District of Alabama.

Charlie Jackson pleaded guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft on May 5, and was also ordered to serve three years of supervised release following his prison term and to pay $98,177 in restitution. According to court documents, from October 2010 up until April 2013, Jackson was involved in SIRF crimes—the use of stolen identities to steal money from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)—by filing fraudulent tax returns claiming refunds in the victims’ names. He admitted to obtaining stolen identities from various sources, including from nursing homes. Altogether, the false tax returns filed by Jackson fraudulently claimed more than $170,000 in refunds. Many of the returns were detected as fraudulent by the IRS and were not issued, however, Jackson was successful in defrauding the IRS of more than $90,000 in illegitimate refunds.

Source: U.S. Department of Justice

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