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Illinois Tax Preparer Sentenced for Stealing More than $11M from Taxpayers in COVID-19 Assistance Fraud Scheme
PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE — An Illinois woman was sentenced on Friday to 36 months, two years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $11,130,490 in restitution and a forfeiture money judgment of $1,965,712, for running a multi-million-dollar pandemic assistance and unemployment benefits scheme.
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- RT-C51525
- SOURCE
- U.S. Department of Justice
- TYPE
- Justice
- PUBLISHED
- 10 November 2026 · 12:00 UTC
- FIRST SEEN
- 10 November 2026 · 19:00 UTC
- ORIGINAL
- https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/illinois-tax-preparer-sentenced-stealing-more-11m-taxpayers-covid-19-assistance-fraud-scheme
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