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| Two More In Tennessee Sentenced In $10.8m Tax Fraud Scheme |
| 2016-11-09 |
| [WDEF] KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ‐ Two more people have received prison sentences in a scheme to defraud U.S. taxpayers by $10.8 million. U.S. Attorney Nancy Stallard Harr’s office says 52-year-old Luis Carvajal of Loudon was sentenced to 30 month in prison for conspiring to submit false tax returns and commit money laundering. Fifty-year-old Amado Valdez-Morales of Oak Ridge received a 42-month sentence in the scheme. Valdez-Morales, a Honduras citizen here illegally, also pleaded guilty to illegal entry by a previously deported felon. Once he’s released from prison, he’ll be subject to deportation. A news release says the scheme included using fake ID documents to get refundable tax credits, resulting in $10.8 million stolen from taxpayers. Carvajal faces about an $8 million fine. Valdez-Morales was fined $2.5 million. Four others were already sentenced in the scheme. |
| Posted by:Fred |