Posted on 11/17/2015 8:27:22 PM PST by 11th_VA
A Shakopee couple pleaded guilty to federal charges Monday in what authorities characterized as a wide-ranging, multimillion-dollar income tax refund scheme that preyed on immigrants in Minnesota and Florida.
Mark Arlin Hammerschmidt pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges and has agreed to cooperate with authorities investigating the scam. He faces up to nine years in prison. He also agreed to pay more than $1.8 million in restitution to victims....
ark Hammerschmidt obtained official identification papers for the Guatemalan victims and used them to obtain taxpayer identification numbers, then filed multiple years’ worth of fake tax returns in their names supported with bogus financial records, false dependents and education credits. The IRS assigns taxpayer ID numbers to people such as immigrants living in the country illegally, who are ineligible for Social Security numbers but who file tax returns anyway.
One thing that raised suspicions is the fact that nearly all of the tax returns included claims for “Household Help Income,†which typically applies to wages paid for babysitting, housekeeping and landscaping. Many of the Minnesota income tax returns also included questionable dependent information and education expenses.
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Wait - Isn't that the tax payers ?
I wonder if he’s related to John Jacob Jingle Heimer Shmidt?
Whenever he goes out, the people always shout ... OMG ... Thanks for the laugh !
I swear, we are on the same wavelength there.. That song instantly popped in my head, lol..
:-D
LOL!
Glad you remember, LOL.
at least the money stolen from us is being spent here, instead of mailed back “home”...
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