Bail bondsman put behind bars for tax fraud

TAMPA — A federal jury convicted bail bondsman Freddie Wilson of theft of government funds, money laundering and identity theft for depositing $318,000 in fraudulent tax refunds into his bank account.

Wilson, who owned and operated Against All Odds Bail Bonds Inc. in Tampa for more than a decade, was found guilty of depositing tax refunds derived fraudulently from the identities of deceased, disabled and elderly people, says a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida.

Wilson, 40, contended he had legitimately cashed checks for customers as part of his check cashing business, court records show.