Date: Dec. 16, 2024 Contact: newsroom@ci.irs.gov OKLAHOMA CITY — Yesterday, Kim Weinrich of Mustang, pleaded guilty to committing wire fraud and making and subscribing a false tax return, announced U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester. On December 3, 2024, Weinrich was charged by Information with wire fraud and making and subscribing a false tax return. Public records reflect that between 2014 and April 2022, Weinrich was employed by Mustang Public Schools (the “District”) as payroll supervisor and was later promoted to director of Payroll Services in 2021. In her roles with the District, Weinrich was responsible for administering, processing, and reconciling the bi-monthly payroll for the District’s employees. According to the Information, beginning in July 2016, Weinrich manipulated the District’s payroll accounting software to increase her net pay each pay period, and deposited the stolen funds into her personal bank account. Weinrich’s scheme resulted in several District employees underreporting their federal and state withholdings, which reduced the amount of their tax refunds. In all, between July 2016 and April 2022, Weinrich defrauded the District out of approximately $471,657.91. Additionally, public records indicate that Weinrich manipulated the District’s payroll accounting software to make it appear as if she paid substantial amounts in federal income taxes, when in reality, Weinrich had no federal income taxes withheld. On April 5, 2022, Weinrich filed a federal tax return where she reported an income that was substantially lower than the actual income received due to the fraud. On December 12, 2024, Weinrich pleaded guilty to the Information, and admitted that she adjusted payroll amounts to herself to increase her income, manipulated payroll software to make it appear as if she were paying substantial amounts in federal and state income taxes when in fact she wasn’t, and filed a federal tax return declaring she made $91,295 while knowing the actual income received was substantially more. At sentencing, Weinrich faces up to 23 years in federal prison and fines up to $350,000. This case is the result of an investigation by IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) and the United States Secret Service. Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles Brown is prosecuting the case. Reference is made to public filings for additional information. IRS-CI is the criminal investigative arm of the IRS, responsible for conducting financial crime investigations, including tax fraud, narcotics trafficking, money-laundering, public corruption, healthcare fraud, identity theft and more. IRS-CI special agents are the only federal law enforcement agents with investigative jurisdiction over violations of the Internal Revenue Code, obtaining a more than a 90 percent federal conviction rate. The agency has 20 field offices located across the U.S. and 12 attaché posts abroad.
