Three metro Atlanta residents have been sentenced to federal prison after pleading guilty to conducting a $5 million tax fraud scheme, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.
Kim A. Earlycutt, 54, of Covington; Shannon A. King, 37, of Lithonia; and Marcia Farmer, 51, of Snellville, pleaded guilty to federal charges of conspiracy and filing false claims and were sentenced Tuesday.
The three women used the identities of foreign nationals to file tax returns seeking more than $7 million in refunds, the department said in a release. They succeeded in getting fraudulent tax return checks from the IRS amounting to more than $5 million.
The trio worked at T&K Tax Services and More, which Earlycutt partially owned, the Justice Department said. They used the tax refunds for personal expenses, including car insurance and gambling, officials said.
Earlycutt was sentenced to nine years in prison and three years of supervised release, plus $5,22,634 in restitution. King was sentenced to four years and six months in prison, three years of supervised release and restitution of $2,596,169. Farmer was sentenced to one year and six months in prison, nine months of home confinement, three years of supervised release and $3,370,811 in restitution.
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