SIX ARRESTED IN SAN FERNANDO VALLEY FRAUD RING - NORTH HOLLYWOOD TOLUCA LAKE PATCH link
"Federal authorities today arrested six of eight defendants charged in an alleged San Fernando Valley-based fraud ring that used stolen identities to collect nearly $10 million in phony tax refunds.
According to a 132-count indictment, filed this week in Los Angeles federal court, members of the scheme obtained nearly 2,000 stolen identities, many from retired people and residents of homeless shelters, some of whom had not filed federal tax returns in years.
Prosecutors allege the defendants then submitted forms to the Internal Revenue Service under the names of the identity-theft victims. After getting refunds, the defendants took the fraudulently obtained checks to various check cashing companies, which took their own cuts, according to the indictment."
If you're staying at a shelter and think you may have been used like this, please contact the local police and file reports so that you can try and fix your credit! (You may also be able to change your Social Security Number with SS.)
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