Crime & Safety
Columbia Woman, 32, Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud
Deanna Sumter faces up to five years in prison and could be fined up to $250,000, plus a special assessment of $100.
A Columbia woman pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to filing false tax returns, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Deanna Sumter, 32, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit tax fraud, according to a release.
Authorities say Sumter and unnamed co-conspirators stole personal identity information from others to file false taxes in their names in order to receive tax refunds.
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The conspirators made $106,122 of false tax claims, though the Internal Revenue Service was able to suspend over half of the refund payments, according to the release.
Sumter will be sentenced at a hearing scheduled for August 21.
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Sumter faces up to five years in prison and could be fined up to $250,000, plus a special assessment of $100.
The case was investigated by agents of the IRS and the US Postal Service. Assistant United States Attorney Jamie Lea Nabors Schoen of the Columbia office handled the case.
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