Victim of Identity Theft Receives $7K Bill from IRS

Enid, OK - A woman living in California received a letter from the IRS demanding she make good on over $7,000 in income taxes from a job in Oklahoma - the problem - the woman never worked in Oklahoma. Worse yet, it appears her entire identity was stolen by an illegal immigrant living in Enid.

According to court records, Irene Hilburn-Garcia, received a letter in January at her California residence from the IRS. The letter claimed she owed $7,387 in unpaid income tax from 2005.

The IRS claimed their records showed that in 2005 she was working in Enid, Oklahoma at Advance Foods.

Suspecting her identity was being falsely used, Garcia contacted the Enid police department and forwarded the letter from the IRS.

Enid police contacted Advance Foods who confirmed they did indeed employ a "Irene Garcia" using the same social security number and date of birth as the woman in California.

Enid police were then contacted by a local attorney who stated he was representing a Graciela Solis and that his client wanted to "come clean." (now that she's been busted)

Solis, 28, told police she had purchased a California driver's license and social security card, containing Garcia's personal information, at a flea market in Oklahoma City.

Solis did not turn the illegal documents over to police, claiming she destroyed them.

On March 29, Solis was charged with felony identity theft in Garfield County.

Bond was set at only $500.

It will be interesting to see if Solis actually sticks around, after "coming clean," to face the music or if she scurries back across the border only to resurface one day with a newly and illegally acquired identity.