A Springfield women recently pleaded guilty in connection with cashing more than $1.3 million in fraudulent income tax refund checks.
Evelyn A. Manzueta pleaded guilty to theft of government property. From January 2012 to May 2013, Manzueta led the cashing of 236 fraudulent tax refund checks. Using her own accounts, she cashed nearly $500,000 and enlisted friends and family to cash the remaining in theirs. The scheme cashed checks totaling $1,377,376.
Manzueta’s brother-in-law, Robert Evans, of Wallkill, New York, previously pleaded guilty to cashing $517,714 in the fraudulent checks. His sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 12.
The charges carry a maximum prison term of 10 years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of $250,000.
Manzueta’s sentencing is scheduled for Sept. 12.



