Texas tax scammers charged with using stolen IDs to claim $111 million in bogus refunds

The group is accused of hijacking ID theft victims’ tax accounts and steering phony refunds to themselves.

A group of seven alleged Texas tax frauds have been charged with orchestrating an elaborate scam in which they used stolen identities to file claims for $111 million in illegitimate tax refunds.

A group of seven alleged Texas tax frauds have been charged with orchestrating an elaborate scam in which they used stolen identities to file claims for $111 million in illegitimate tax refunds. The scam began with the group’s alleged ringleader, Abraham Yusuff, of Round Rock, Texas, getting hold of stolen personal identifying information for taxpayers and tax preparers. He would then contact the IRS and change the victim’s on-file mailing address to one he or his co-conspirators controlled, prosecutors said.

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