Sacramento woman pleads guilty to made-up jobs and fake W-2s in tax fraud scheme

A Sacramento County woman pleaded guilty on Thursday to filing nearly $6 million worth of false tax returns on behalf of herself and an associate, using fake social security numbers and claiming to have held jobs that did not exist.

Latasha Clarion Williamson, 37, falsely said she held jobs at Walmart, the video game maker Epic Games, a German chemical giant and other firms, using multiple Social Security numbers and listing her own address as the corporate headquarters, her plea agreement said.

She appeared in federal court in Sacramento wearing long braids and a blazer over baggy pants. She spoke quietly and responded mostly with one-word answers when U.S. District Judge Daniel Calabretta asked her questions about her plea…

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