Fraudulent Tax Refund Grab Involving Identity Theft Nets Man 34 Years In Prison

Ayodele Arasokun was sentenced today in West Virginia to 34 years in federal prison for orchestrating an international tax scheme.

According to the court documents, from January 2016 to November 2017, Arasokun devised a scheme to unlawfully obtain tax refund money by filing fraudulent federal income tax returns. Arasokun collected the names, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers (SSNs) of multiple individuals across the United States. Using this information, Arasokun compromised the IRS Electronic Filing Pin application, an online electronic portal.