Woman Sentenced for Food Stamp Fraud and Tax Evasion

Sherica Lacey Lee, of McCalla, was sentenced to 24 months in prison and ordered to forfeit $23,757 to the government as proceeds of illegal activity. She also was ordered to pay that same amount in restitution, plus interest, to the Department of Agriculture and to pay $134,448 in restitution, plus interest, to the IRS. Lee is currently serving a sentence for attempting to defraud the Gulf Coast oil spill fund. Lee pleaded guilty in August 2015 to tax evasion and wire fraud. Between July 2009 and June 2013, Lee received food stamp benefits she was not eligible to receive. In addition, Lee evaded income taxes for 2008 by preparing and submitting a personal tax return that falsely reported she had no taxable income, when she had $229,147 in taxable income. Lee also ran a tax preparation business, Lacey's Income Tax Service, with several locations in the Birmingham area. Between 2008 and 2010, Lee's company filed more than 2,000 tax returns and generated about $2.5 million in receipts.

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