A federal grand jury in North Carolina has indicted a local woman for her alleged role in a tax conspiracy scheme.
According to the indictment, Jessica Shanice Taylor, a resident of Rockingham, North Carolina, conspired with others to prepare and file fraudulent federal income tax returns.
Between January 2012 and April 2016, Taylor worked at a tax preparation business in Rockingham, where she allegedly prepared and filed returns that included false business income and losses, wages, dependents, and deductions.
The indictment also alleges that Taylor and her co-conspirators purchased and sometimes stole personal identifying information of individuals, including minor children, and listed them as false dependents on returns to generate larger refunds for their clients.
Taylor and her co-conspirators allegedly directed some of their clients’ refunds into their own bank accounts.
If convicted, Taylor faces a statutory maximum sentence of 5 years in prison for conspiring to defraud the IRS, a maximum sentence of 3 years in prison for each count of assisting in the preparation of false tax returns, a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison for each count of wire fraud, and a mandatory sentence of two years in prison for each count of aggravated identity theft.
She also faces a term of supervised release, restitution, and monetary penalties.
An indictment is not a finding of guilt. Taylor is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo and U.S. Attorney Ripley Rand thanked agents of IRS-Criminal Investigation, who conducted the investigation, and Trial Attorney Kathryn A. Kimball of the Tax Division and Assistant U.S. Attorney Clifton Barrett of the Middle District of North Carolina, who are prosecuting the case.
Key Facts
- State: North Carolina
- Category: White Collar Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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