Springfield Man Indicted For Tax Fraud Scheme: FBI

A 39-year-old Delaware County man has been indicted in a fraud scheme in which charged clients as much as $1,000 to falsify federal tax returns, the FBI announced.

Mohamed Mansaray, 39, of Springfield was arrested Thursday and charged with 10 counts of wire fraud, nine counts of aggravated identity theft and 10 counts of aiding or assisting in preparation or filing of false income tax returns.

According to the indictment, Mansaray defrauded the IRS by preparing and filing fictitious tax returns that used the names and Social Security numbers of children as false dependents.

The FBI says Mansaray charged clients $800 to $1,000 to falsely include a dependent on their income tax return.

“By falsely adding dependents to the returns, Mansaray wrongfully claimed for clients a tax exemption for each false dependent, the child tax credit, the child and dependent care credit, and the earned income tax credit,” officials from the FBI said in a statement.

In 2014, Mansaray pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy and aiding or assisting in preparation or filing of false income tax returns in a similar scheme.

Mansaray admitted falsifying federal income tax returns for clients by fraudulently adding dependents to returns for the tax years 2008 through 2012. He is awaiting sentencing for those charges.

If convicted, he faces between 51 to 57 months in prison for the new charges, including a mandatory minimum terms of 24 months in prison for aggravated identity theft, possible fines, up to three years of supervised release, and a $3,000 special assessment.