Tax Fraud Queen's 21 Year Prison Term Struck Down---Despite Facebook Taunts by Robert W Wood ( forbes)

How much her term will be cut isn’t clear, though the appeals court found procedural errors that added years to her prison term. Her sentencing was complex because Ms. Wilson was indicted twice in 2012. She pleaded guilty to illegal gun possession, and admitted netting over $3 million by aggravated identity theft and wire fraud in a tax refund scam.
The sentencing judge considered her prior conviction, the multiple felonies, and a formula that weighs the seriousness of the offenses and the defendant’s record. Ms. Wilson was hardly a discreet or modest criminal. She posed with stacks of money online, dubbed herself the “first lady” of tax fraud, and even taunted authorities on Facebook to catch her. She teased the police with online entries like this one:
“I’M RASHIA, THE QUEEN OF IRS TAX FRAUD… I’m a millionaire for the record, so if U think indicting me will B easy it won’t, I promise you! U need more than black and white to hold me down N that’s to da rat who went N told, as if 1st lady don’t have da TPD under her spell. I run Tampa right now.”
Investigators worked for years to gather evidence against Ms. Wilson and other fraudsters in something the feds called Operation Rainmaker. Wilson’s boyfriend, Maurice “Thirst” Larry was targeted, as was Marterrence “Quat” Holloway. But Ms. Wilson was the big catch. Before her coronation as tax fraud queen she had been arrested 40 times, with felony convictions for grand theft and burglary. 
Her online activities suggest that she thought she couldn’t be caught. Even in prison she caused controversy. She was supposed to begin paying restitution to victims but pleaded poverty in court. She claimed to U.S. District Judge James S. Moody Jr. that she earns a paltry $5.25 a month at the federal prison. She lamented that she has to pay for her own vitamins and hygiene items.
But the prosecutor’s response to the judge said Ms. Wilson’s prison account had deposits of $2,914.43 over six months, allowing her to spend liberally for herself. While incarcerated, Ms. Wilson is supposed to pay at least $25 per quarter toward the $3.1 million she and an accomplice owe the IRS for filing returns using stolen identities. Identity theft tax fraud is taken very seriously these days, much more so than some other tax crimes.