Mary and Christian Young and Octavious Reeves were indicted by a federal
grand jury in the Middle District of Alabama on a variety of charges
stemming from an identity theft and tax fraud conspiracy, the Justice
Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. The
alleged conspirators were charged in a 31-count indictment that was
returned on Dec. 18, 2012, and unsealed today.
Mary and Christian Young and Octavious Reeves, all of Elmore County,
Ala., were charged with conspiring to defraud the United States, along
with access device fraud and aggravated identity theft.
Mary Young was also charged with several counts of wire fraud.
According to the indictment, the defendants’ conspiracy lasted from
January 2012 through June 2012 and involved using stolen identities to
file tax returns claiming fraudulent refunds.
The indictment further alleges that Mary Young obtained the names and
Social Security numbers of individuals that were then used to
electronically file false tax returns. Mary Young would direct the false
tax refunds to bank accounts linked to prepaid debit cards. Mary and
Christian Young and Octavious Reeves would then use the prepaid debit
cards to withdraw cash or pay for personal items.
An indictment merely alleges that crimes have been committed, and the
defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable
doubt. If convicted, Mary Young faces face a maximum potential sentence
of 328 years in prison, Christian Young faces a maximum of 27 years in
prison, and Octavious Reeves faces a maximum of 78 years in prison.
IRS-Criminal Investigation agents investigated this case, and Justice
Department Tax Division trial attorneys Charles M. Edgar Jr. and Michael
Boteler are prosecuting the case.
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