INDY WOMAN RECEIVES 24 MONTHS: TAX SCHEME
Tinisha Robinson, 32, of Indianapolis, Ind., was sentenced to 24 months in prison after pleading guilty to tax charges.
From January 2003 to May 2007, Robinson paid people in the Indianapolis area for use of their Social Security numbers and addresses. She then filled out a tax return in the person’s name with false W-2s and other documentation and filed that with the IRS, claiming a refund due, usually for about $2,000. When the refund check arrived, the person would sign it over to Robinson for a nominal fee of $200 to $300.
About $67,000 of these fraudulent refunds were traced directly to bank accounts in Robinson’s name. Twenty-nine returns and accompanying W-2s were false, and many of the people used as conduits for the false return scheme corroborated the details of the scheme.
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