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Illinois Tax Preparer Sentenced for Stealing More than $11M from Taxpayers in COVID-19 Assistance Fraud Scheme
An Illinois woman was sentenced on Friday to 36 months, two years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $11,130,490 in restitution and a forfeiture money judgment of $1,965,712, for running a multi-million-dollar pandemic assistance and unemployment benefits scheme.
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An Illinois woman was sentenced on Friday to 36 months, two years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $11,130,490 in restitution and a forfeiture money judgment of $1,965,712, for running a multi-million-dollar pandemic assistance and unemployment benefits scheme.
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According to U.S. Department of Justice’s source item, Illinois Tax Preparer Sentenced for Stealing More than $11M from Taxpayers in COVID-19 Assistance Fraud Scheme, An Illinois woman was sentenced on Friday to 36 months, two years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $11,130,490 in restitution and a forfeiture money judgment of $1,965,712, for running a multi-million-dollar pandemic assistance and unemployment benefits scheme.
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