Nashville man named in scheme to defraud millions from IRS

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A Nashville man has been sentenced in connection with a scheme to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of over $110 million.

According to the Department of Justice, the reported leader of the scheme, Abraham Yusuff of Round Rock, Texas, was sentenced to more than 14 years in prison.

Yusuff allegedly led the scheme and enlisted the help of Christian Manthurin of Nashville, who had previously been sentenced to 12 months in prison in connection with this scheme.

“Yusuff and co-defendants didn’t just steal money, they stole the lives of hundreds of victims by changing all their contact information with the IRS and posing as authorized representatives for the taxpayers,” acting special agent in charge of IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) Houston Field Office, Lucy Tan, said in a release. “This insidious and complex scheme victimized both the real tax professionals and the people they represent, which is why IRS-CI special agents help take down criminal enterprises and put criminals behind bars.”

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Yusuff allegedly recruited Mathurin and others to provide addresses so that he could contact the IRS and pose as authorized agents of multiple taxpayers.

Yusuff was reportedly able to use that information to change addresses on file for multiple taxpayers and file more than 370 fraudulent tax returns.

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