IRS Official Charged in Tax-Refund Scheme
The IRS busted one of its own.
Jesse Pedro Hernandez Jr., 30, of Fresno, Calif., is charged with an 11-count tax fraud indictment.
According to prosecutors, Hernandez was a Tax Examining Technician with the IRS in Fresno. Hernandez assisted other taxpayers to obtain refunds they were not entitled to receive by falsely claiming money had been withheld from rollover distributions on Individual Retirement Accounts. In some cases, the request for a refund was supported by a fraudulent Form 1099-R created by Hernandez. The total amount of refunds claimed by taxpayers that they were not entitled to receive was allegedly $28,010.
If convicted on all counts, Hernandez faces up to 44 years in prison.
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