Man Sentenced for Tax Refund ID Fraud

New York, NY – Freddy Javier-Enriquez was sentenced to 30 months of imprisonment on June 6, 2013 by U.S. District Judge John F. Keenan for his role in a tax refund scheme that relied on stole identities.

According to records filed with the court, Freddy Javier-Enriquez and Francisco Javier-Enriquez were indicted for conspiracy, theft of government funds and aggravated identity theft in June 2012.  Both were in possession of Treasury checks worth more than $57,000 that were payable to other people, bank receipts reflecting deposits of more than $60,000 in Treasury checks payable to other people, ledgers containing hundreds of names, social security numbers and tax return refund amounts and pre-printed mailing labels addressed to the Internal Revenue Service.  At the time of his arrest, Freddy Javier-Enriquez admitted that he worked as a check-cashing “broker” and regularly cashed Treasury checks representing fraudulently obtained tax return refunds.

The case was investigated by IRS-Criminal Investigation, the Department of Homeland Security and the New York City Police Department and prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York.

Source: 12 CRIM 607 (SDNY)