Maxim Maltsev allegedly had an interesting means of making money. The Russian citizen is accused of setting up a free online tax preparation service in San Diego. He supposedly advertised that it was affiliated with the IRS.
That doesn’t sound that bad.
Well, it’s what he allegedly did with the refunds that taxpayers got. Instead of them going into the accounts that they provided, they allegedly went into Mr. Maltsev’s accounts. He’s accused of doing this 65 times, diverting over $100,000 in refunds.
Mr. Maltsev was arrested when he flew into Los Angeles last week.