DOJ Busts East Meadow Man for Identity Theft, Tax Fraud

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that an East Meadow man was arrested and charged with identity theft and tax fraud after he allegedly filed more than 200 false tax returns, according to 7th Space Interactive.

According to government officials, Gary Rogers was named in a federal criminal complaint, which alleged that he stole identification info to try to obtain fraudulent funds from the government.

According to the affidavit in support of the criminal complaint filed in United States District Court in Brooklyn, Rogers filed approximately 200 federal income tax returns from 2004 through 2010 using the identification information of others.   The complaint alleges that Rogers sought approximately $4,393,356 in fraudulent refunds over the six-year period.

"The Justice Department will remain vigilant in protecting Americans’ identities and tax dollars from thieves," said Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General John A. DiCicco of the Justice Department’s Tax Division. "Those who steal identities and use them to commit tax refund fraud will be punished to the full extent of the law."

"The IRS is aggressively pursuing those who steal others’ identities in order to file false returns," said Steven Miller, IRS Deputy Commissioner for Services and Enforcement. "Our cooperative work with the United States Attorney’s Office and the Tax Division will help protect taxpayers in New York from being victimized by identity theft. The IRS is taking additional steps this tax season to further prevent, detect and resolve identity theft cases as soon as possible." 

The United States Department of Justice did not release the mug shot of Gary Rogers.