10 people were indicted today for their roles in a $20 million stolen identity refund fraud conspiracy. The group used the stolen IDs to file 7,000 false tax returns. The IRS has started 295 new identity theft investigations since January, pushing the number of active cases to more than 1,800. The defendants are also charged with mail and wire fraud, access device fraud and aggravated identity theft. If convicted, each defendant faces a maximum potential sentence of 10 years in prison for the conspiracy charge.”]