A 24-year-old DeKalb County man was indicted Thursday for allegedly stealing payments intended for the IRS.
Jason Shepherd, of Lithonia, is accused of stealing approximately 50 money orders totaling approximately $25,000 and then depositing the money into debit cards he then used, the U.S. District Attorney's Office said.
Shepherd worked as a contractor at a Bank of America lockbox facility in Tucker, which processes tax payments on behalf of the IRS, from June to November 2009, according to the indictment. He was indicted on charges of mail fraud, theft of government property and aggravated identity theft, relating to a scheme to steal IRS tax payments.
"Any insider who has access to that payment system cannot help themselves to other people’s tax money," U.S. Attorney Sally Quillian Yates said in a statement. "When those entrusted to handle tax payments steal from the government, the innocent taxpayer pays the price, faith in the tax system is eroded, and the government loses tax revenue.”
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