Tucker Man on the Run for Identity Fraud
Christopher Edwards is under indictment, says a U.S. Attorney.
Federal prosecutors in Atlanta, as part of a continuing investigation, have charged or arrested nine people in the last three weeks on charges of stolen identity tax refund fraud. But a Tucker man who was indicted with them in November remains at large. Christopher Edwards, 41, was accused by a federal grand jury of conspiring to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft stemming from the use of stolen personal identification information. The indictment, which remained sealed until Jan. 18, 2013, says the men filed hundreds of false federal income tax returns using online tax filing websites, and directed tax refunds to fictitious business bank accounts established to further the scheme, according to U. S. Attorney Sally Quillian …
