ATLANTA (AP) - Federal prosecutors say an Atlanta couple has been sentenced in an identity theft and income tax fraud scheme.
Officials said in a statement Monday that 33-year-old Justin Cody and his 25-year-old wife Aeshia Wilmore each pleaded guilty to theft of public funds. Cody has been sentenced to seven years and three months, and Wilmore has been sentenced to two years.
Authorities say the two used stolen identities to file hundreds of fraudulent federal tax returns for a total of more than $600,000.
Prosecutors say Cody had the money funneled into blank prepaid debit cards that he and Wilmore used at various ATMs in the Atlanta area.
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