Pike Road man sentenced for nursing home identity thefts

Dec. 19--A Pike Road man who obtained identity information from nursing homes to file falsified tax returns has been sentenced to four years and three months in prison and ordered to pay $98,177 in restitution.

Charlie Jackson, who pleaded guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft on May 5, has also been ordered to serve three years of supervised release following his prison term, according to Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Larry J. Wszalek for the Justice Department'sTax Division and U.S. Attorney George L. Beck Jr. for the Middle District of Alabama.

From October 2010 up until April 2013, Jackson admitted that he obtained stolen identities from various sources, including from nursing homes, to use to file fraudulent tax returns, claiming large refunds in the victims' names.

He filed for more than $170,000 in false tax refunds. Although the Internal Revenue Service caught almost half of the fraudulent returns, Jackson was still successful in defrauding the IRS of more than $90,000 in illegitimate refunds..

The case was investigated by special agents of the IRS-Criminal Investigation. Trial Attorneys Michael C. Boteler and Charles M. Edgar Jr. of the Tax Division prosecuted the case with the assistance of Assistant U.S. Attorney Todd Brown and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Alabama.

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