A federal grand jury in Portland, Oregon, has indicted four individuals in a $1 million tax refund scheme. Jheraun Dunlap, Ernest Bagsby, Jermaine Moore, and Brandi McCall were charged with conspiracy to defraud the government and other crimes.
According to the indictment, Dunlap allegedly filed at least 208 false individual income tax returns with the IRS, claiming more than $1 million in fraudulent refunds. The indictment alleges that Dunlap filed false tax returns using the names and social security numbers of other individuals, which he obtained directly and received from the other defendants.
The indictment also alleges that Dunlap used numerous addresses obtained by Bagsby, Moore, and McCall to receive stored-value debit cards loaded with fraudulent income tax refunds.
Dunlap, Bagsby, Moore, and McCall were all indicted for conspiracy to defraud the government. In addition, Dunlap was indicted on 23 counts of filing false claims for tax refunds, five counts of wire fraud, and five counts of aggravated identity theft; Bagsby was indicted on one count of theft of government funds and one count of aggravated identity theft; Moore was indicted on two counts of theft of government funds and two counts of aggravated identity theft; and McCall was indicted on three counts of theft of government funds and two counts of aggravated identity theft.
If convicted, Dunlap faces a statutory maximum sentence of 10 years in prison for the conspiracy to defraud the government, five years in prison for each false claims count, 20 years in prison for each wire fraud count, and a statutory mandatory two-year sentence in prison for the aggravated identity theft counts.
Jheraun Dunlap, Ernest Bagsby, Jermaine Moore, and Brandi McCall were arrested on February 14, 2024, in Portland, Oregon. The case is being investigated by the IRS-Criminal Investigation’s Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Task Force. Trial Attorneys Leslie A. Goemaat and Lori A. Hendrickson of the Tax Division are prosecuting the case.
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Key Facts
- State: Oregon
- Category: Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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