DOJ Charges Seven In $100 Million Scheme!

The United States Department of Justice has reported seven people have been indicted by a Federal grand jury for orchestrating a $100 million dollar scheme.

The DOJ revealed a group of seven individuals defrauded the IRS by using stolen identities in order to obtain fraudulent tax refunds.

The indictment named “Abraham Yusuff, of Round Rock, Meghan Inyang, of San Antonio, Christopher Eduardo, of Round Rock, Christian Mathurin, of Nashville, Tennessee, Dillon Anozie, of San Antonio, Babajide Ogunbanjo, of Austin, and Aydin Mammadov, of Houston”.

Altogether the group allegedly filed “371 false tax returns claiming over $111 million in refunds.”

https://t.co/A4CglgwUOL DOJ Charges Seven in ‘Sophisticated’ Stolen Identity Scheme That Sought Over $100 Million From IRS: This was a massive operation.

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The Conservative Brief had more details to report:

The U.S. Department of Justice announced that seven individuals have been indicted by a grand jury in a “sophisticated” conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud as well as other crimes related to their scheme to defraud the IRS of over $100 million by using stolen identities.

“According to the indictment, from 2018 through 2021, Abraham Yusuff, of Round Rock, Meghan Inyang, of San Antonio, Christopher Eduardo, of Round Rock, Christian Mathurin, of Nashville, Tennessee, Dillon Anozie, of San Antonio, Babajide Ogunbanjo, of Austin, and Aydin Mammadov, of Houston, engaged in a conspiracy to claim fraudulent tax refunds using the stolen identities of accountants and taxpayers by filing at least 371 false tax returns claiming over $111 million in refunds from the IRS,” the DOJ said in a press release.

“Yusuff allegedly recruited and directed Eduardo, Mathurin, Anozie, Ogunbanjo, and Mammadov to provide addresses to him that could be used in the scheme. Yusuff and others then allegedly registered with the IRS, posing as authorized agents of multiple taxpayers using stolen information relating to the taxpayers and their real tax preparers. The conspirators then allegedly directed the IRS to change the addresses on file for the taxpayers and to send their tax information, including account transcripts and wage records, to the addresses controlled by the conspirators. The conspirators then allegedly used this information to electronically file tax returns claiming fraudulent refunds and directed the refunds the IRS to split the refunds among several prepaid debit cards. Prior to issuing tax refunds to some taxpayers, the IRS allegedly sent verification letters to the addresses controlled by the defendants, and the defendants and others, pretending to be the taxpayers, instructed the IRS to release the refunds,” the DOJ added.

Biden's DOJ carried out major operation.https://t.co/Ce0ROeGose

— Sebastian Gorka DrG (@SebGorka) March 14, 2023

Per the DOJ:

Seven Charged in Sophisticated Stolen Identity Tax Refund Fraud Scheme that Sought Over $100 Million from the IRS
On March 7, a federal grand jury in Austin returned an indictment, unsealed today, charging seven individuals with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and other crimes arising out of their scheme to defraud the IRS using stolen identities.

According to the indictment, from 2018 through 2021, Abraham Yusuff, of Round Rock, Meghan Inyang, of San Antonio, Christopher Eduardo, of Round Rock, Christian Mathurin, of Nashville, Tennessee, Dillon Anozie, of San Antonio, Babajide Ogunbanjo, of Austin, and Aydin Mammadov, of Houston, engaged in a conspiracy to claim fraudulent tax refunds using the stolen identities of accountants and taxpayers by filing at least 371 false tax returns claiming over $111 million in refunds from the IRS.

Yusuff allegedly recruited and directed Eduardo, Mathurin, Anozie, Ogunbanjo and Mammadov to provide addresses to him that could be used in the scheme. Yusuff and others then allegedly registered with the IRS, posing as authorized agents of multiple taxpayers using stolen information relating to the taxpayers and their real tax preparers. The conspirators then allegedly directed the IRS to change the addresses on file for the taxpayers and to send their tax information, including account transcripts and wage records, to the addresses controlled by the conspirators. The conspirators then allegedly used this information to electronically file tax returns claiming fraudulent refunds and directed the refunds the IRS to split the refunds among several prepaid debit cards. Prior to issuing tax refunds to some taxpayers, the IRS allegedly sent verification letters to the addresses controlled by the defendants, and the defendants and others, pretending to be the taxpayers, instructed the IRS to release the refunds.

If people can steal identities to defraud the IRS just think how many defraud the US Election system.