Texas Man Sentenced 14 Years for Running $110 Million Tax Refund Scheme

Published on September 7, 2024

A Texas man was sentenced to more than 14 years in prison for leading a scam seeking to steal more than $110 million in tax refunds, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). The sentence was handed down to Abraham Yusuff of Round Rock on Sept. 6, according to a DOJ press release. Yusuff was convicted of being the leader of a “stolen-identity-refund-fraud” scheme that ran between 2018 and 2021, the DOJ said. As part of the scheme, Yusuf and his co-conspirators contacted the IRS, posing as Certified Public Accountants and other professionals claiming to be authorized representatives of multiple taxpayers. The defendants asked the IRS to amend taxpayer addresses on file and send tax-related information to the false addresses handled by them. Such information included wage records and account transcripts....

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