Mexican Citizens Indicted for $74 Million IRS Tax Refund Fraud Scheme

October 14, 2026

An indictment was unsealed in the Northern District of Georgia charging Gustavo Rojano Salazar, Gabriel Rojano Salazar, and Andres Huerta Rendon with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, mail fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. From 2019 to the present, the three men, who resided in the Atlanta area, obtained Mexican identification documents in the names of third parties and used them to secure Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers from the IRS. They filed fraudulent tax returns with fabricated Forms W-2, directed refunds to post office boxes they controlled, and cashed more than 16,000 U.S. Treasury tax refund checks worth over $74 million.

Sources

• Department of Justice (October 14, 2026): https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/mexican-citizens-charged-fraudulent-tax-scheme