The Knoxville News Sentinel
NASHVILLE — Federal prosecutors say a former Tennessee prison inmate has pleaded guilty to filing false tax returns while behind bars. According to a news release, Walter Allen “Beau” Johnson conspired to submit false tax returns claiming refunds on behalf of inmates for a year ending in 2007.
Prosecutors said Johnson collected Social Security numbers from inmates and recruited others to collect the numbers for him. Johnson and his co-conspirators are accused of then using those numbers to file false income tax forms in the names of inmates.
According to an indictment, Johnson and his co-conspirators collected about 90 U.S. Treasury checks totaling $58,651.
A sentencing date has not been set. Johnson faces a maximum sentence of 65 years in prison and fines of $3 million.
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