Jackson, Miss - S’ade Tyler, of Jackson, pled guilty on May 28, 2013 to conspiring to defraud the United States and wire fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis, Resident Agent in Charge Allen Bryant of the U.S. Secret Service, and Acting Special Agent in Charge Damon Rowe of Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation.
Tyler admitted to conspiring to defraud the government by using personal identifying information, including names and social security numbers, which had been stolen from the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility located in Rankin County and from other locations. The information was then used by Tyler’s co-conspirators to file false tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service. The tax returns claimed that the tax payers were owed a refund. The refunds were then electronically deposited into various bank accounts in Mississippi belonging to Tyler and her co-conspirators.
Tyler will be sentenced on Aug. 15, 2013 and faces a maximum penalty of thirty years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
This case was investigated by the U.S. Secret Service and Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation with assistance from the Mississippi Attorney General’s Office, the Mississippi Department of Corrections and the Mississippi Department of Revenue. Assistant U.S. Attorney Pat Lemon is prosecuting the case.
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(866) 720-5721
You can also fax information to:
(225) 334-4707
or e-mail it to:
disaster@leo.gov
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Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
