Jeoffrey Jenkins, a former employee of Wells Fargo Bank, and Vaughn Chambers, a former employee of SunTrust Bank, were sentenced for their roles in a two-year long tax refund fraud scheme that generated hundreds of false tax returns and sought more than $2.8 million in fraudulent tax refunds.

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Jenkins and Chambers, both bank employees, stole personally identifying information from bank customers and used that information to open bank accounts to receive the fraudulent tax refunds.

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