LOS ANGELES - (INT) – Two Inland Empire women and a man have been arrested and charged with participating in a tax fraud scheme.

It used stolen identities to file at least 527 fraudulent federal income tax returns claiming more than $1.9 million in fraudulent tax refunds with the Internal Revenue Service
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The 41-count indictment was returned by a federal grand jury and unsealed this week.

The defendants:
• Charlene Castrejon, 58, of Hemet,
• Rebecca Mona Sandoval, 33 of San Jacinto
Robert Manuel Gamboa, Jr., known as Paul Timothy Garcia, 29, of Highland

A fourth defendant, Raymond Salazar, 53, of Los Angeles remains at large.

Story Date: August 1, 2017