TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A former corrections officer at the Zephyrhills Correctional Facility was sentenced to more than four years in federal prison after reaching a plea agreement on charges of wire fraud and identity theft.
According to a news release from the U.S. Attorney on Thursday, Jerry St. Fleur stole the identities of current and former inmates without their knowledge.
Court documents show that the 26-year-old St. Fleur used this information to file about 182 fraudulent income tax returns, and requested more than $500,000 in refunds.
Officials say he will serve four years and three months in federal prison, and was ordered to forfeit $61,704 in proceeds from the fraud.
