Here is a case of two “immigrants” doing a job that a
majority of Americans aren’t willing to do.
NEW BERN — Clinton
residents Angela Christina Lainez-Flores, 44, and her daughter Karen Mejia, 23,
both citizens of Honduras, pleaded guilty as charged in a conspiracy to defraud
the federal government through the filing of false income tax refunds.
Each signed a plea agreement with the federal prosecutor following hearings July 22 at the federal courthouse in New Bern. Lainez–Flores also pleaded guilty to a separate charge of aggravated identity theft.
Their scheme involved the filing of multiple tax returns using fabricated identities, phony W-2 earnings statements, and the listing of dependents that do not exist.
Their arrests in May followed an IRS undercover operation conducted with the assistance of an unnamed cooperating witness who prepared the fraudulent tax returns with information provided by the two women.
The federal government’s criminal complaint stated that seven fraudulent returns claiming a total of $60,784 in refunds, signed by Lainez-Flores or Mejia, were prepared for tax year 2012.
But at a probable cause hearing in May, IRS special agent Bennett Strickland stated the women were involved in much more, filing fraudulent federal tax returns for refunds totaling $1.4 million involving tax years 2006-12.
Their sentencing hearing is scheduled for Oct. 28 and each is facing up to 10 years in prison for the conspiracy to defraud charge. They remain in custody because they “represent a substantial risk of flight as they are in the U.S. from Honduras,” according to the criminal complaint.
Each signed a plea agreement with the federal prosecutor following hearings July 22 at the federal courthouse in New Bern. Lainez–Flores also pleaded guilty to a separate charge of aggravated identity theft.
Their scheme involved the filing of multiple tax returns using fabricated identities, phony W-2 earnings statements, and the listing of dependents that do not exist.
Their arrests in May followed an IRS undercover operation conducted with the assistance of an unnamed cooperating witness who prepared the fraudulent tax returns with information provided by the two women.
The federal government’s criminal complaint stated that seven fraudulent returns claiming a total of $60,784 in refunds, signed by Lainez-Flores or Mejia, were prepared for tax year 2012.
But at a probable cause hearing in May, IRS special agent Bennett Strickland stated the women were involved in much more, filing fraudulent federal tax returns for refunds totaling $1.4 million involving tax years 2006-12.
Their sentencing hearing is scheduled for Oct. 28 and each is facing up to 10 years in prison for the conspiracy to defraud charge. They remain in custody because they “represent a substantial risk of flight as they are in the U.S. from Honduras,” according to the criminal complaint.
Anyone willing to
bet they’re illegal aliens?
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