Complaint — United States v. PAULINO (Dkt. 1-2, D. Mass.)

Summary

An affidavit of FBI Special Agent Sarah L. Wheeldon filed December 14, 2020 as Document 1-2 in Case 1:20-mj-01441-DLC, supporting a criminal complaint charging Luz Paulino and Jackeline Pena-Aquino with bank fraud and aggravated identity theft under Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1344 and 1028A. It alleges that from at least January 2020 the defendants and others used third parties' identifying information, without consent, to cash fraudulently obtained tax Refund Anticipation Loan checks issued by EPS Financial, a division of MetaBank, N.A. The affidavit states that Paulino is the registered agent of Agape Financial Services, which filed approximately 762 income tax returns between 2017 and 2020. It describes EPS checks cashed at Primos Liquors in Lawrence, Massachusetts. It was sworn before Hon. Donald L. Cabell, United States Magistrate Judge.

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