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US charges 25 in Fla. in ID theft, tax fraud case

Posted on April 3, 2014 by Dissent

Curt Anderson of Associated Press reports:

Twenty-five people accused of using thousands of stolen identities to claim $36 million in fraudulent tax refunds have been arrested in the latest South Florida sweep, federal authorities said Thursday.

Among those charged in 19 separate cases is a middle school food service worker who swiped the identities of at least 400 Miami-Dade County students, a mail carrier charged with filching tax documents out of mailboxes and a jail guard who stole identities of inmates, according to Miami U.S. Attorney Wifredo Ferrer.

Read more on Star-Telegram

Update: I’ve posted the USAO’s press release here.

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