Man Convicted of Stealing Dead Children's IDs Gets Almost 5 Years in Prison

A San Diego man convicted of using the identities of dead children and fake churches to avoid paying taxes was sentenced Monday to 57 months in prison.

Lloyd Irving Taylor, 71, formerly a licensed tax attorney and public accountant, also was ordered to pay more than $2.2 million in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Taylor stole identities for several people – including children who died in the 1950s – to apply for passports. He used the stolen identities to open bank accounts in order to hide money from the IRS.

The U.S. Attorney said Taylor also created more than a dozen fake religious organizations to be exempt from taxes.

Taylor also bought gold and other commodities to avoid taxation. Prosecutors said authorities confiscated $1.8 million in gold from Taylor before he was charged.

He was found guilty by a jury in July of 19 counts, including aggravated identity theft, tax evasion, lying to a financial institution, lying on U.S. passport applications and trying to impair the IRS.

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