Two New York Residents Plead Guilty in Separate Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Schemes
Two Queens, New York, residents pleaded guilty for their roles in separate stolen identity refund fraud schemes, on October 24, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
Kishore Jattan, 44, pleaded guilty to identity theft. According to the plea agreement and documents filed with the court, from April 2012 through June 2012, Jattan stole student IDs from packages he delivered for a university located in New York and sold the stolen IDs to other individuals who used the IDs to file fraudulent tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Jattan admitted that he caused a tax loss of between $250,000 and $550,000.
Sentencing is scheduled for March 21, 2018 before U.S. District Court Judge Edward R. Korman. Jattan faces a statutory maximum sentence of 15 years in prison. He also faces a period of supervised release, restitution, and monetary penalties.
In a separate scheme, Michael Bratton, 51, pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the United States. According to the plea agreement and documents filed with the court, from January 2011 through June 2012, Bratton purchased stolen IDs, which he provided to a co-conspirator for the purpose of filing fraudulent tax returns with the IRS. Bratton admitted to causing a tax loss of more than $40,000.
Sentencing is scheduled for March 21, 2018 before U.S. District Court Judge Edward R. Korman. Bratton faces a statutory maximum sentence of five years for conspiring to defraud the United States. He also faces a period of supervised release, restitution, and monetary penalties.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice
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