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6 People Indicted For Conspiracy To Defraud IRS Sentenced

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A group of people who pleaded guilty in South Dakota to identify theft and attempting to defraud the Internal Revenue Service have all have been sentenced.

U.S. Attorney Randy Seiler says the last of the six defendants were sentenced this week. All six pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States. Five of them pleaded guilty to identify theft.

Seiler says the indictments stemmed from the defendants conspiring to defraud the IRS by using stolen personal information to file fraudulent income tax returns, which claimed false income tax refunds.

The six defendants include: Jennifer Robinson, of Fargo, North Dakota; Shawnte Washington, of Tampa, Florida; Stewart Franks, of Little Rock, Arkansas; Timothy Brister, Jr. of Tampa; Ann Weber, of Horace, North Dakota; and Donta Moore, of Kansas City, Missouri.

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