WASHINGTON – An Alabama resident who stole hundreds of IDs to file fraudulent tax returns plead guilty today to fraud and firearms offenses, according to the federal officials.
Deundra Milhouse admitted that he filed phony tax refunds to the IRS from the spring of 2011 through late 2013.
In 2011 and 2012, he received more than $80,000 in refunds from the IRS that went to a bank account that he controlled. By 2013, he used prepaid debt cards to receive the refunds, federal officials said.
Milhouse also admitted in his plea agreement that his car was stopped by law enforcement while he was driving on Oct. 8, 2013, in Elmore County, Alabama. He fled foot and threw away a handgun that he had been carrying.
Many prepaid debit cards and documents with personal ID information were found inside the car, officials said. Later, a search of his house turned up more documents used to steal personal IDs, as well as more than 200 prepaid debit cards, a computer used to file tax returns and magazine and ammunition for the discarded handgun, officials said.
As part of his plea, Milhouse said he attempted fraud loss of more than $400,000 and more than 250 victims, officials said.
He had one felony conviction for a crime of violence prior to owning the handgun, federal officials said.