Louisiana Man Sentenced to Prison for his Role in Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Scheme

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2018-10-13

A former resident of Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana was sentenced to 50 months in prison for conspiring to defraud the United States, on October 10, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser of the Eastern District of Louisiana.

According to court documents, Aaron Daniels conspired with others to defraud the United States by submitting false tax returns that requested fraudulent tax refunds. Daniels obtained the names and social security numbers of people he was incarcerated with in the East Carroll Detention Center and provided that information to his co-conspirators to use to file false tax returns. In exchange for providing names and social security numbers, Daniels was paid by his co-conspirators.

In addition to the term of imprisonment imposed, the court ordered Daniels to serve three years of supervised release, and pay $11,584 in restitution to the IRS.

Source: U.S. Department of Justice

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