WASHINGTON - A Montgomery, Ala., jury has convicted Sharon Thurman of Elmore, Ala., of 14 counts of making false claims, two counts of theft of government money and two counts of aggravated identity theft, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. The trial began on Feb. 22, 2011.
According to the indictment and evidence introduced during trial, Thurman owned and operated Sharon’s Tax Service in Elmore. Between January and April 2008, Thurman filed 14 fraudulent tax returns using stolen identities. Thurman directed the tax refunds for those returns to be deposited into her bank accounts. At trial, the 14 victims of identity theft testified that they did not know Thurman, they did not authorize her to file tax returns on their behalf, the tax returns filed by Thurman were fictitious and they did not receive any of the tax refunds from those false returns.
U.S. District Judge W. Harold Albritton III, has not yet scheduled sentencing. Thurman faces a minimum of two years in prison, a maximum of 94 years in prison and a maximum fine of $4 million.
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