Defendants convicted in $1M IRS tax refund fraud scheme
HONOLULU, HI – A federal jury convicted four Hawaii residents this week for their roles in a tax refund fraud scheme that resulted in more than $1 million in fraudulent refunds from the Internal Revenue Service.
According to court documents and trial evidence, from January 2015 through September 2018, Rosemarie Lastimado-Dradi, Marciaminajuanequita Dumlao, Elvah Miranda, and Daniel Miranda conspired to defraud the United States by filing false individual tax returns and other documents claiming fraudulent withholdings from mortgage lenders. The IRS issued refunds based on the false filings.
The conspirators attempted to conceal the funds from the government by creating trusts, opening new business and trust bank accounts, and moving the proceeds between accounts. Lastimado-Dradi,...