An Atlanta man pleaded guilty in Fulton County Superior Court Wednesday to forging and depositing $14,000 worth of income tax checks.
Jean Samuel Gai, 38, admitted to 10 counts of forgery in the first degree, according to Lauren Kane, spokeswoman for the Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens.
Gai deposited 11 checks from the Georgia Department of Revenue that had been stolen from the U.S. Postal Service in July 2010, Kane said. He forged the signatures of the taxpayers who were owed the checks.
Gai was sentenced to 10 years probation and 300 hours of community service, she said. He must also pay $13,552.61 in restitution to the Bank of America and $696 to the Department of Revenue.
As a condition of his probation, Gai is prohibited from future involvement in the tax preparation business.
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