SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Michelle Louise Travis, 53, of Suisun
City, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller to two
years and three months in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and
aggravated identity theft, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced.
According to court documents, in 2013, Travis and
co-defendant Pamela Dawn Pierson used identity theft victims’ personal
identifying information to file fraudulent tax returns in order to obtain
income tax refunds to which they were not entitled. As part of their scheme,
Travis and Pierson obtained and shared lists of personal identifying
information, which included identity theft victims’ names and social security
numbers. Travis and Pierson submitted a total of $66,022 in fraudulent claims
to the Internal Revenue Service.
This case was the product of an investigation by the IRS
Criminal Investigation, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Fairfield
Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Brian A. Fogerty prosecuted the
case.
On March 14, 2018, Judge Mueller sentenced Pierson to two
years and three months in prison.
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