Man faces prison for $400K tax refund scheme

A metro Atlanta man has been found guilty of federal theft and money laundering charges in connection with taking more than $400,000 in other people’s tax refunds.

Prosecutors said he then tried to obscure the source of the funds through a series of transactions.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Georgia, says Festus Anyiam, 41, of Norcross, was convicted June 5 of four counts of theft and one count of money laundering after a one-week trial…

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