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Nasheba Necia Hunte, a South Florida Resident, Sentenced to 51 Months in Prison for Tax Fraud Conspiracy
Nasheba Necia Hunte, a resident of South Florida, has been sentenced to 51 months in prison for her role in a conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and for filing false tax returns.
According to the indictment, Hunte and her co-conspirator, Elmo Antonio George, were convicted by a jury on March 16, 2012, for a conspiracy to defraud the IRS that spanned from January 2003 through at least April 2007.
The indictment alleged that Hunte and George filed false tax returns, claiming false tax refunds for themselves, and used shell companies and aliases to perpetuate the fraudulent tax scheme.
The evidence at trial established that the IRS remitted refunds to George and Hunte totaling approximately $241,807 for tax year 2005. The defendants used the false refund to buy a home for $145,500 in cash in Villa Rica, Ga.
Assistant Attorney General Kathryn Keneally stated, ‘People who cheat on their taxes are cheating their friends and neighbors and all other law-abiding taxpayers.’
Hunte was also ordered to pay $229,305 in restitution to the IRS. The case was investigated by the IRS-Criminal Investigation’s Atlanta Field Office and prosecuted by Tax Division Trial Attorneys Rebecca Perlmutter and Chad Edgar.
Key Facts
- State: Federal
- Category: White Collar Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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