Hispanics illegally working in the U.S. don’t normally file tax returns for fear of Immigration learning of their whereabouts, which could result in deportation. However, by filing false tax returns using the purchased W-2 form, immigrants were receiving tax refunds that were being cashed with a fictitious ID card.
Marvin Baca
An illegal immigrant was arrested for selling false W-2 forms to other illegal immigrants in a tax scam that also helped the buyers avoid deportation, according to the Kenner Police Department.
On Friday, police responded to a disturbance in the 3000 block of Loyola Drive and discovered Marvin Baca in an argument concerning false W-2 documents he had sold to another illegal immigrant for $1,500.
Baca, who lived in Laplace, was arrested and admitted to selling the fake forms to other Hispanics who were in the country illegally, police said.
Hispanics illegally working in the U.S. don’t normally file tax returns for fear of Immigration learning of their whereabouts, which could result in deportation. However, by filing false tax returns using the purchased W-2 form, immigrants were receiving tax refunds that were being cashed with a fictitious ID card.
Investigators learned that Baca was storing $20,000 in cash in his car and confiscated the money as evidence.
He was charged with one count of identity theft and 2 counts of forgery in relation to a W-2 form that used the Social Security number of a Virginian.
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