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November 16, 2012

Five Year Prison Sentence In Tax Refund Fraud Scheme

A Sacramento woman had been sentenced to five years in prison for her role in a $1.3 million tax refund fraud scheme.

Tomisha Lee McKinnie, 25, was sentenced today in Sacramento by U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller. McKinnie also was ordered to pay $962,079 in restitution and will be subject to three years of supervised release following her time in prison, according to a federal Department of Justice news release.

McKinnie and co-defendants Nadiyah Muhammad Woods, 33, and Nakia Renee Vaughn, 26, also of Sacramento,conspired to defraud the United States by filing false tax returns using TurboTax, a commercial Internet tax-filing service, according to court documents.

Sac Bee Blog, 11/14/12

Read more here: http://blogs.sacbee.com/crime/archives/2012/11/sacramento-woman-sentenced-for-13-million-tax-refund-fraud.html#storylink=cpy

Posted by at 05:47 PM in Fraud, Judge Mueller, Kimberly J., Tax Prosecutions/IRS |

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