Nadine Nzuega Robinson, Money Laundering, Iowa 2019

A Georgia woman has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for her role in a scheme to obtain federal tax refunds by fraud using the identification information of dozens of University of Iowa employees.

Nadine Nzuega Robinson, 39, from Atlanta, Georgia, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger to 120 months in prison for conspiracy to commit money laundering.

The scheme, which occurred in 2015, involved the theft of University of Iowa employee identifications, which were then used to obtain federal tax refunds by fraud. The bank account of Robinson's check cashing business in Doralville, Georgia was used to launder hundreds of money orders purchased with the proceeds of the fraudulently obtained tax refunds.

More than $450,000 in tax refunds of University of Iowa employees was obtained fraudulently through this scheme and more than $5,000,000 in fraudulently obtained funds passed through the account during March and April of 2015.

Robinson was also ordered to forfeit a residence in Atlanta that was purchased with the proceeds of the fraud, and to serve three years of supervised release following the period of imprisonment. She was also ordered to pay $100 towards the Crime Victims' Fund.

The investigation was conducted by the Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigations and the case was prosecuted by the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Iowa.

This case highlights the importance of protecting sensitive personal information and the consequences of engaging in illegal activities to obtain financial gain.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdia/pr/georgia-woman-sentenced-10-years-prison-money-laundering-case-involving-theft