Norcross man convicted of laundering stolen federal tax refunds (opens original article in a new tab)

A Norcross man was convicted of stealing and laundering hundreds of thousands of dollars in fraudulent tax refunds through identity theft.

• A Norcross man was convicted of four counts of theft of government funds and one count of money laundering.
• Fraudulent tax returns used stolen personal information from Illinois and Missouri taxpayers to direct refunds to a third-party company.
• The stolen funds were converted into money orders and deposited into the defendant's bank account, which he tried to conceal by purchasing a cashier’s check.