New York Woman Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to File False Claims for Tax Refunds
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WASHINGTON - A woman from the Bronx, N.Y., pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to making false claims and mail fraud, the Justice Department announced. The indictment alleged that between approximately May 1, 2003, and Feb. 28, 2005, Sharon Smith and others participated in a scheme to file false and fraudulent individual income tax returns in the names of individuals who were not entitled to the refunds that were claimed. Sharon Smith, along with Odell Folks, Tanya Smith and Keith Terry were indicted on Nov. 26, 2008, for a scheme to file false claims for refunds with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) using names of clients of the New York City Human Resources Administration (HRA) and the Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO). Terry, a resident of Dallas, Ga., pleaded guilty to the fal