Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Twenty-three new defendants are facing federal charges, along with a Skokie man who was arrested in April, alleging that they participated in a conspiracy since 2008 to claim more than $2.35 million in fraudulent federal income tax refunds and economic stimulus payments. All two dozen defendants allegedly shared the proceeds of Internal Revenue Service tax refunds, totaling more than $1.3 million, by allegedly withdrawing the tax funds deposited into co-defendants’ bank accounts, knowing that they were not entitled to the fraudulently obtained refunds.
