Charlotte, N.C., woman accused in tax scheme approaching $3.8 million

The Sacramento Bee ^ | 8/11/12 | Meghan Cooke

[ruralvoter]

A Charlotte, N.C., woman has been accused in a tax scheme to defraud the government of more than $3.8?million.

In court documents filed Thursday in U.S. District Court, 40-year-old Candida Mayo Figueroa was named as a suspect.

Federal authorities said the U.S. Postal Service intercepted an "extraordinarily large number" of mailings from the U.S. Treasury Department that appeared to contain checks going to several apartments close to one another in Charlotte. The Postal Service alerted investigators because the names on the mail were people not known to receive mail at those addresses.

Authorities said much of the mail was sent to homes in the Arrowood Crossing apartment complex in southwest Charlotte, and that Figueroa had been seen pulling mail from multiple mailboxes there.

Investigators said they sent five addresses to the IRS, which linked 804 individual income tax returns to those addresses.

[central_va]

I’ve never been to one but my understanding is only one piece of identification is needed. Skin tone plays a factor too but I am sure a million dollar scam includes someone on the inside at the check cashing place. Kickbacks.