Financial Fraud: Jorge Maldonado Sentenced for Conspiracy, Wire Fraud, Theft of Government Property, And Aggravated Identity Theft

<h2>Tax Preparer Sentenced to 84 Months in Prison in &dollar;1&period;2 Million Tax Refund Fraud Scheme<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p><strong>DOJ and IRS Remind Taxpayers to File Timely and Accurate Tax Returns by Tuesday&comma; April 18&comma; 2017<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"mh-content-ad"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js&quest;client&equals;ca-pub-9162800720558968"&NewLine; crossorigin&equals;"anonymous"><&sol;script>&NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle"&NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;"&NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article"&NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid"&NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-9162800720558968"&NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"1081854981"><&sol;ins>&NewLine;<script>&NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p><b>TALLAHASSEE&comma; FLORIDA<&sol;b> – Jorge Maldonado&comma; 52&comma; of Oviedo&comma; Florida&comma; has been sentenced to 84 months in prison and ordered to pay &dollar;1&comma;203&comma;073 in restitution for conspiracy&comma; wire fraud&comma; theft of government property&comma; and aggravated identity theft&period; His three tax fraud conspirators are scheduled to be sentenced later this month&period; The sentence was announced by Christopher P&period; Canova&comma; United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The co-defendants are&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li>Jennifer Maldonado&comma; 29&comma; of Oviedo&comma; sentencing set for April 19 at 10&colon;00 a&period;m&period;&semi;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Sharon Glover&comma; 55&comma; of Sanford&comma; Florida&comma; sentencing set for April 20 at 2&colon;00 p&period;m&period;&semi; and<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Diane White&comma; 54&comma; of Sanford&comma; sentencing set for April 20 at 10&colon;00 a&period;m&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p>In July 2016&comma; a federal jury convicted the Maldonados of conspiracy&comma; wire fraud&comma; theft of government property&comma; and aggravated identity theft&period; Co-conspirators Glover and White pled guilty in February 2016 to conspiracy&comma; theft of government property&comma; and aggravated identity theft&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>During the six-day trial&comma; the government presented evidence that&comma; between 2009 and 2011&comma; Jorge Maldonado and his daughter Jennifer&comma; who were both tax preparers&comma; conspired with Glover and White to obtain more than &dollar;1&period;2 million in income tax refunds issued on fraudulent tax returns&period; The Maldonados filed fraudulent returns that generated refunds&period; Glover and White cashed refund checks issued as a result of the fraudulent returns&period; They deposited cash proceeds of the checks into the Maldonados’ bank accounts or delivered the cash to the Maldonados&period; Glover and White cashed 505 checks by using fraudulent powers of attorney&comma; approximately 16 different forged notary seals&comma; and forged taxpayer signatures&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>United States Attorney Canova said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;When fraudsters submit fraudulent tax returns&comma; they are actually stealing from the millions of honest taxpayers who fulfilled their tax obligations accurately and on time&period; My office is committed to working with our law enforcement partners&comma; such as the Internal Revenue Service&comma; to ensure that tax dollars are used for their intended purpose&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>IRS-Criminal Investigation Tampa Special Agent in Charge Mary Hammond said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;When Jorge and Jennifer Maldonado used their tax return preparation service to steal client identities and make a fast buck for themselves and their co-conspirators&comma; they underestimated the special agents of IRS Criminal Investigation&period; IRS-CI works diligently to protect the American tax system and root out criminals who prey on unsuspecting taxpayers&period; ”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This case resulted from an investigation by the Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation&period; Assistant United States Attorneys Herbert S&period; Lindsey and Gary K&period; Milligan prosecuted the case&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Florida is one of 94 offices that serve as the nation’s principal litigators under the direction of the Attorney General&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>To access public court documents online&comma; please visit the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ecf&period;flnd&period;uscourts&period;gov&sol;cgi-bin&sol;login&period;pl"><u>U&period;S&period; District Court for the Northern District of Florida<&sol;u><&sol;a> website&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>For more information about the United States Attorney’s Office&comma; Northern District of Florida&comma; visit <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;justice&period;gov&sol;usao&sol;fln&sol;index&period;html"><u>http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;justice&period;gov&sol;usao&sol;fln&sol;index&period;html<&sol;u><&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>For more information&comma; 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