Jean-Elguentino Cayo, 26, of Miami Gardens, pled guilty in December for his participation in a stolen identity scheme. Sentencing is scheduled for March 5, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. before U.S. District Judge Jose E. Martinez. The investigation was conducted by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and Internal Revenue Service Criminal…
Category: ID Theft
Indictment Charges IRS Employee With Tax Fraud And Aggravated Identity Theft
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…
Broward County Resident Sentenced In $2 Million Stolen Identity Tax Refund Fraud Scheme
Lee Ervin Dale, 31, of Fort Lauderdale, was sentenced for his participation in a tax refund scheme using stolen identities. United States District Judge Kathleen M. Williams sentenced Dale to 120 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered restitution in the amount of $275,740. Dale was indicted in October 2012 was convicted in…
NJ: Leader Of Large-Scale Identity Theft Ring Sentenced To 12 Years In Prison For His Role In Fraud Enterprise
The leader of a fraud ring that engaged in identity theft and financial crimes which have led to charges against 54 individuals was sentenced to 144 months in prison for directing the large-scale, sophisticated criminal enterprise, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Sang-Hyun Park, a/k/a “Jimmy,” 48, of Palisades Park, N.J., previously pleaded guilty before…
South Floridian Sentenced In Identity Theft Scheme
Robinson Calixte, 22, of Miami, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Donald L. Graham o 47 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release for identity theft. On September 13, 2013, Calixte was charged in a five count indictment for identity theft in connection with his unauthorized possession of at least fifteen social…
TX: Seven Metroplex Residents Charged In ID Theft Conspiracy
A total of seven metroplex residents have been charged in a 13-count superseding indictment, with various offenses related to an identity theft scheme they ran from October 2009 to July 2013, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas. In addition to each being charged with one count of conspiracy to…