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\"IRS<\/a>MINNESOTA – \u00a0<\/strong>Inmates at a state prison were indicted last week for filing fraudulent tax returns totaling more than $400,000, federal officials announced on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

A federal grand jury on August 12, 2014, returned a 21-count indictment charging Tony Terrell Robinson,<\/strong>, 30, and Tanka James Tetzlaff,<\/strong> 39, with conspiring to defraud the United States and filing and making false claims against the government, officials said.<\/p>\n

According to the indictment, from October 2009 through September 2010, Robinson and Tetzlaff, who were incarcerated by the state of \u00a0Minnesota in the Faribault Correctional Facility, conspired to prepare and file false federal income tax returns and fraudulently claim tax refunds.<\/p>\n

As part of their scheme, officials allege that the defendants recruited other state prisoners to file false tax returns using their names and social security numbers. The defendants and other co-conspirators filed the tax returns using false wage and federal income tax withholding information.<\/p>\n

According to the charges, tax refunds were paid by check, deposited directly into bank accounts, or deposited onto debit cards.<\/p>\n

Co-conspirators who were not in prison, including Carmen Allen<\/strong>, Vanessa Walberg<\/strong> and DeeAnna Crist<\/strong>, received refund checks at addresses they controlled, which were then cashed using a Power of Attorney signed by the filing co-conspirators.<\/p>\n

Refunds also were deposited directly into bank accounts controlled by the co-conspirators. As a result of the conspiracy, over $400,000 of false claims were made to the Internal Revenue Service, authorities said.<\/p>\n

Allen pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge in March and was sentenced on Aug. 7. Both, Walberg and Crist plead guilty to a conspiracy charge in May and are awaiting sentencing.<\/p>\n

This case is the result of an investigation by the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation Division.<\/p>\n

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