MEMPHIS, Tenn. — In 2018, Joseph Chalmers used another person’s EFIN (electronic filing identification number), to file taxes with the Checkfast Tax Service, according to the Memphis Police Department.
He collected $29,759, that year, police reported.
The money went into a Regions bank account, where Chalmers wrote 20 checks from that account and deposited them all into his own wallet, according to a police affidavit.