From 2016 through 2020, Heidi Cafirma, 43, of Waipahu, allegedly filed with the Internal Revenue Service false joint personal tax returns for her and her spouse.
A Georgia man, Melvin Orellana has been sentenced in Nevada, United States, to 18 months in prison for participating in an identity theft conspiracy. According to a statement on the website of the US Department of Justice, Orellana was a computer support employee for a company that provided tax software to return preparation businesses throughout the United States. He however supplied sensitive taxpayers’ data to King Isaac Umoren, a Nigerian based in Las Vegas, who in turn executed the fraud.
A Nevada man pleaded guilty yesterday to aggravated identity theft, wire fraud and money laundering. On March 28, he pleaded guilty to a separate indictment charging him with filing false tax returns with the IRS on behalf of clients, aggravated identity theft, wire fraud and impersonating an FBI agent.
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