Thread: IRS: Woman claims 19 non-existent children

IRS: Woman claims 19 non-existent children

By The Associated Press
9:26 p.m., Aug. 15, 2011

The Internal Revenue Service says a 40-year-old Northern California woman is facing charges that she helped prepare false tax returns and obtained fraudulent Social Security numbers for at least 19 non-existent children.

Norma Coronel was indicted on 35 counts earlier this year in Los Angeles. She was arrested July 12 in Livermore and made her initial court appearance in Los Angeles on Monday.

The IRS says Coronel claimed that all the children had been born to her at a Los Angeles hospital on Dec. 11, 2002, then obtained fraudulent Social Security numbers for them and claimed them as dependents. Hospital records show she gave birth to one child, a boy, on that date.

Coronel faces up to 143 years in prison and $5.6 million in fines if convicted of all charges.

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Coronel claimed that all the children had been born to her at a Los Angeles hospital on Dec. 11, 2002

19 at one time! That's got to be a world record!!!

Dixie

The IRS says Coronel claimed that all the children had been born to her at a Los Angeles hospital on Dec. 11, 2002, then obtained fraudulent Social Security numbers for them and claimed them as dependents.

Care to place a friendly wager on what she did with the other 18 SS cards?????