26-04-2017 23:54 via pittsburgh.cbslocal.com

Ex-Sergeant Pleads Guilty In False Tax Returns Case

PITTSBURGH (AP) – A former U.S. Army sergeant has pleaded guilty to using hacked information from four University of Pittsburgh Medical Center employees to file false tax returns seeking IRS refunds.
Twenty-six-year-old Justin Tollefson, who was a staff sergeant at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Tacoma, Washington, pleaded guilty Wednesday to four counts of false claims against the United States. He is scheduled to be sentenced Aug. 30.
Authorities said Tollefson was unsuccessful in his schem
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