MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A former auditor with the Minnesota Department of Revenue has been sentenced to 60 months in prison for creating false tax refunds and keeping the proceeds.
Prosecutors say 59-year-old Pamela Marie Dellis, of Lindstrom, was responsible for more than 200 fraudulent tax refund payments totaling about $1.9 million from 2005 to 2010.
READ MORE: Lynx All-Star Napheesa Collier And Partner Welcome Baby Girl, MilaShe was sentenced Wednesday. She had pleaded guilty of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and money laundering.
Last month, Dellis’s niece, 29-year-old Laurie Sondrall, of Minneapolis, was sentenced to 27 months on one count of conspiracy. Dellis’s sister, 55-year-old Nancy Sondrall, of Brooklyn Center, is scheduled to be sentenced on Sept. 23.
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The U.S. Attorney’s Office said all three have to pay back the $1.9 million in restitution.
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