"U.S. man convicted in 'enormous' tax scam that involved hundreds of Canadians"

The article "U.S. man convicted in 'enormous' tax scam that involved hundreds of Canadians" published in Yahoo News by The Canadian Press | Associated press tells a story of Ronald L. Brekke, who was found guilty of conspiracy and wire fraud. He had helped close to 1,000 people falsely claim millions of dollars in tax refunds. Brekke had told his victims that the U.S Treasury would pay tax refunds equivalent to their personal debts.”He prepared fraudulent claims worth more than $763 million, though only $14 million or so worth of the claims were paid out by the U.S. government, the IRS said.” The fraudulent plans began to go downhill once promotional material was found in a hotel room of Donald Mason which led authorities to Brekke. Another lead for authorities was when two of Brekke’s co-conspirators tried to cash checks worth around $350,000 dollars each. Brekke could face up to 20 years in prison.