TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A former Florida corrections officer is going to prison himself for a tax fraud scheme in which he acknowledged stealing inmates’ identities.

U.S. District Judge James Moody sentenced 26-year-old Jerry St. Fleur to more than four years behind bars. St. Fleur pleaded guilty in July to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.

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