Tax return preparer charged wiht identity theft

Sharon Meyers-Washington, a Little Rock, Arkansas resident who worked part time as a tax preparer, has been charged with identity theft as a result of fraudulently using Social Security numbers to prepare false tax returns.  Ironically, Meyers-Washington is also an employee of the Social Security Administration. 

Meyers-Washington was a tax return preparer for Jackson Hewitt for tax years 2005 and 2006 and for JBL Refunds in 2007. 

Meyers-Washington was charged with 24 counts of aiding and assisting the preparation of false tax returns, 34 counts of fraudulently using Social Security numbers and one count of aggravated identity theft.