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Alabama Man Sentenced for Tax Fraud and Identity Theft
WASHNGTON – A Montgomery, Alabama man has been sentenced to 36 months in prison for his involvement in a tax fraud and identity theft scheme.
Jeffrey Leon Ceaser, a resident of Montgomery, Alabama, was sentenced to 36 months in prison, announced the Internal Revenue Service and the United States Department of Justice. In addition to the prison sentence, Ceaser was ordered to pay $621,738.41 in restitution to the United States and serve three years of supervised release.
According to the indictment, between March 2009 and September 2009, Ceaser conspired with others to defraud the United States by filing 158 false federal income tax returns. Ceaser fraudulently obtained the names and social security numbers of individuals and provided this information to Ora Mae Adamson, who filed the false tax returns without the authorization of the individuals. The false tax returns claimed fraudulent first-time homebuyer credits and fuel tax credits. The refunds from the false tax returns were deposited into bank accounts controlled by Ceaser and other co-conspirators. In total, the IRS disbursed $621,738 in false tax refunds.
Adamson also pleaded guilty to conspiracy and identity theft charges and is scheduled to receive her sentence on March 10, 2011.
Assistant Attorney General John A. DiCicco and U.S. Attorney Leura G. Canary commended the IRS special agents who investigated this case and the trial attorneys from the Tax Division who prosecuted it.
For more information on the Tax Division and its efforts to combat tax fraud, visit www.usdoj.gov/tax/.
To learn more about the Department of Justice’s recent efforts to combat fraudulent first-time homebuyer credits, click here.
Key Facts
- State: Federal
- Category: White Collar Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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