NBC Miami
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A Jacksonville corrections officer has pleaded guilty to charges of filing false tax returns with identities he stole from inmates.
The Florida Times-Union reports that Harold Bush Walbey III faces up to 57 years in prison and $1.5 million in fines. He was arrested Thursday and declined comment through attorney James Hernandez.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Malisa Chokshi says Walbey requested $257,000 in false tax returns and received $110,000 after filing more than 50 false tax returns.
An indictment says Walbey took the inmates names and Social Security numbers while working at John E. Goode Pre-Trial Detention Facility. He then ordered debit cards in the inmates’ names and filed returns for 2010 and 2011.
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