3. The Case of Senita Birt Dill and Ronald Jeremy Knowles
Yet another case of filing false tax returns on our list of biggest identity theft cases in American history. The couple, Senita a Birt Dill and Ronald Jeremy Knowles, received the astonishing $3.5 million by filing over 1,000 false tax returns. The couple was renting a home surrounded by many vacation houses and used their addresses for the refunds. They also used fake income information to get bigger refunds. The couple was charged with aggravated identity theft, conspiracy, and access device fraud. Both were sentenced to prison, Senita for 27 years, and Ronald for 5 years and 10 months.
