Ashley Sears reports on a tax refund fraud scheme that included using the identity information of prisoners in the Mississippi prison system:
Three sisters from the Milwaukee area are facing a total of 90 felony charges for filing fraudulent income tax returns following a two-year investigation by the Wisconsin Department of Revenue’s (DOR) Criminal Investigation Section.
Sharon, Angela and Tawanda Staten are being prosecuted by the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office for being part of a scheme where 2,000 fraudulent tax claims were filed between January 1st, 2011 and December 31st, 2012.
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