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Palmdale Man indicted in tax fraud, identity theft scheme

by The AV Times Staff • May 8, 2013

Los Angeles – A federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment Wednesday charging a Palmdale man with making false claims against the government, theft of government property, mail fraud, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft.

Jerry Anthony Gregoire, Jr., 46, who was previously indicted on April 24, 2013, is charged with having used the personal identifying information of others to prepare false individual income tax returns that were filed with the Internal Revenue Service.

According to the first superseding indictment, Gregoire allegedly filed fraudulent 2009 and 2010 federal income tax returns in the names of other individuals using the victim taxpayers’ true names and Social Security numbers without their knowledge or consent.

The returns allegedly contained false information regarding the victim taxpayers’ residence addresses, incomes, expenses, and deductions, and claimed that the victim taxpayers were entitled to the tax refunds.

The returns allegedly directed the IRS to deposit the refunds to bank accounts that Gregoire controlled.  The false returns were either mailed or electronically transmitted to the IRS.

Gregoire is expected to be arraigned on the new charges sometime before his trial.  Currently his trial is scheduled to begin on June 11, 2013 before United States District Judge Manuel L. Real.

The investigation and prosecution of Gregoire was conducted by IRS Criminal Investigation and the Treasury Department’s Office of Inspector General for Tax Administration, in conjunction with the Tax Division of the United States Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles.

An indictment contains allegations that a defendant has committed a crime.  Every defendant is presumed to be innocent until proven guilty in court.

(Information via press release from the Internal Revenue Service – Los Angeles Field Office.)

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Filed Under: Crime/ Safety

5 comments for "Palmdale Man indicted in tax fraud, identity theft scheme"

  1. marina says

    May 12, 2013 at 10:01 am

    in Lancaster or Palmdale watch you tube you know how people get others numbers and how that easy

  2. puzzled says

    May 10, 2013 at 12:03 am

    I believe he was a lender so the victims most likely gave him their info. That is very sad that you cant trust anyone these days.

    • Nancy P says

      May 10, 2013 at 11:23 am

      Does he have gang ties? Lender huh???? I wonder about tax preparers too.

  3. Nancy P says

    May 9, 2013 at 9:43 pm

    Anybody know where he got all the personal info? Social Services, Hospital, or some other business contact?

  4. Nancy P says

    May 9, 2013 at 9:40 pm

    For every rat you catch, there’s a thousand more. You guys need to throw a wider net!

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