June 30, 2016

A Marietta, Georgia, resident pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia to one count of theft of public money and one count of aggravated identity theft, announced the Justice Department’s Tax Division. Peter Isika, 46, admitted using stolen identities to file at least 50 false tax returns for tax years 2013 and 2014 claiming more than $500,000 in fraudulent refunds. Isika admitted that he purchased the stolen identities over the Internet and used those identities to obtain the fraudulent tax refunds. Isika directed the refunds to prepaid debit cards or bank accounts that he controlled. DOJ

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