The St. Paul woman filed the returns by the dozens on behalf of friends and family members, according to the U. By Paul Walsh. Paul woman cheated the federal government out of hundreds of thousands of dollars by filing dozens of false tax returns on behalf of friends and family, assigning them various professions including exotic dancer, according to charges.
Ebony S. Yarbrough, 27, was charged in federal court in Minneapolis with nine counts of making false, fictitious and fraudulent claims and three counts of aggravated identity theft. Yarbrough has been jailed since the charges were filed last week and was scheduled to appear in court Monday, which is Tax Day for in the United States. From until last year, Yarbrough persuaded friends and family members to allow her to file their state and federal returns and charge less than a tax preparation service.
Yarbrough would obtain from the taxpayers their essential tax documentation as well as personal identifying information such as social security numbers, addresses and dependent information. She would falsely claim business deductions by assigning people professions such as "hair stylist," "cleaner" or "exotic dancer.
Yarbrough also padded some of the returns by using stolen personal identification information belonging to minors and falsely adding dependents on behalf of the filers.
Paul Walsh is a general assignment reporter at the Minnesota Star Tribune. He wants your news tips, especially in and near Minnesota. High Schools. Local fictipm: Set near the Red River in , it weaves together the lives of dozens of characters. The Latest.
