Michigan Man Sentenced to Seven-Plus Years for First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credit Fraud

``During the course of his scheme, Proe and a co-conspirator filed dozens of false tax returns after obtaining identity information from third parties under false pretenses and creating false W-2 forms for a fictitious company called Lawn Brothers Landscaping. For the tax year 2008 alone, Proe filed more than 50 fraudulent tax returns and obtained $500,000-plus in tax refunds, which were directed to bank accounts which he controlled. ''