Cleveland Resident Arrested For Wire, Computer Fraud

JACKSON, Miss. (PRESS RELEASE) – Farrah Randle, 34, of Cleveland, has been arrested for a wire and computer fraud  scheme to acquire approximately $54,000 in refunds from the Department of Revenue by filing false payments, announced Attorney General Jim Hood.

Randle turned herself in to authorities Monday following an indictment by a Bolivar County Grand Jury on one count of computer fraud and one count of wire fraud.

The indictment alleges Randle accessed the Mississippi Department of Revenue’s (MDOR’s) Taxpayer Access Point (TAP) and provided fraudulent payments thru TAP resulting in her receiving refunds that she should not have received.

Additionally, Randle devised a scheme to obtain money and transmitted fake payments to defraud the MDOR’s TAP system in Hinds County.

Randle was booked into the Bolivar County Jail and released after posting a bond totaling $5,000.

If convicted of computer fraud, Randle faces up to 20 years in prison and $10,000 in fines.

In addition, Randle faces up to five years and a $10,000 fine for wire fraud.

As with all cases, a charge is merely an accusation, and the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

This case was investigated by Kyle Wilson, of the Mississippi Department of Revenue, and will be prosecuted by Special Assistant Attorney General Marvin Sanders of the Attorney General’s Public Integrity Division.

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