Grand jury indicts seven in $111 million fraud scheme involving stolen identities, tax refunds

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Grand jury indicts seven in $111 million fraud scheme involving stolen identities, tax refunds
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A federal grand jury indicted six Texans and a Tennessean in a stolen identity tax refund conspiracy that claimed over $111 million in fraudulent refunds from the Internal Revenue Service.

six Texans and a Tennessean in a stolen identity tax refund conspiracy that claimed over $111 million in fraudulent refunds from the Internal Revenue Service.

Mr. Yusuff then registered with the IRS, using the stolen information of taxpayers and tax preparers to pass as a tax professional himself, the Justice Department said. The funds were laundered by buying money orders; other portions of the haul, prosecutors claim, went towards designer clothing, home renovations, and auctioned-off used cars.

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