3 Framingham Residents Indicted On Tax Refund Theft Charges

FRAMINGHAM, MA — Three Framingham residents have been charged as part of an ongoing investigation into U.S. Treasury tax refund checks in Massachusetts.

According to the charging documents, eight defendants in communities throughout eastern Massachusetts have allegedly been involved in the theft of tax refund checks, totaling more than $8.8 million in 2023 and 2024.

As alleged, each of the U.S. Treasury checks the defendants stole represented a tax refund or tax credit due to a bona fide taxpayer, but had been altered to be payable to shell companies the defendants controlled.

Each defendant allegedly deposited one or more fraudulent checks at banks or credit unions in and around Metro Boston.

In Framingham, three people are charged in separate indictments. They are:

• Gurprit Singh, 34, of Framingham, charged with theft of $2,547,508 in government funds
• Amarpreet Singh, 33, of Framingham, charged with theft of $536,214 in government funds
• Domingo Villari, 49, of Framingham, charged with theft of $1,288,575 in government funds

Gurprit Singh and Villari are in federal custody while Amarpreet Singh remains at-large, officials said.