Sherelle Pratt, 49, of Philadelphia, was charged by Indictment, unsealed this week, with filing false tax returns, aiding and assisting other individuals in preparing and filing false tax returns, theft of government property, and aggravated identity theft.
According the Indictment Pratt is an IRS employee. Pratt, according to the indictment, is alleged to have prepared federal income tax returns for a number of individuals during tax years through 2006 through 2008. Pratt caused the refunds, and stimulus payments that the filers were supposed to receive, to be deposited into her personal bank account. In some cases, she gave the filers a portion of the refunds and stimulus payments. In other instances, according to the indictment, Pratt kept the refund and stimulus payments.
SOURCE: U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania