Two defendants were sentenced for their participation in a stolen identity tax refund scheme.
Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Kelly R. Jackson, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), and Steve Steinberg, Chief, Aventura Police Department, made the announcement.
Adrian Claude Green, Jr., 24, of Miami Gardens, was sentenced on Oct. 22, 2015 to 34 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay restitution to the IRS in the amount of $34,000. Aquil Emmons, 25, of Marietta, GA, was sentenced on Sept. 22, 2015 to one year and a day in prison, followed by two years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay restitution to the IRS in the amount of $31,600. Green and Emmons previously pled guilty to one count of using one or more unauthorized access devices to obtain goods worth $1,000 or more, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1029(a)(2) and 2, and one count of aggravated identity theft, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1028A(a)(1) and 2.
According to court documents, from March 17, 2012 through April 12, 2012, Emmons and Green used a number of prepaid debit cards, loaded with illicit federal tax refunds and registered in the names of various individuals, to purchase a 2007 BMW and a 2009 Mercedes Benz at a car dealership in Broward County.
Mr. Ferrer commended the investigative efforts of the IRS-CI and the Aventura Police Department. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Tonya R. Long.
Related court documents and information may be found on the website of the District Court for the Southern District of Florida at www.flsd.uscourts.gov or on http://pacer.flsd.uscourts.gov.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
