A Woburn man is facing charges in connection with stealing federal tax refund checks worth over $700,000, the Massachusetts U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Monday.

Nnamdi Opara, 30, has been charged with two counts of bank fraud and five counts of money laundering in federal court, the U.S. Attorney’s office said in a press release . He was arrested in June as part of an ongoing investigation into the theft of U.S. Treasury tax refund checks in Massachusetts .

Opara wrongfully obtained two federal tax refund checks that were issued to a New York company named AFGO Mechanical Services, the U.S. Attorney’s office said. Afterwards, he established a company with the same name in Massachusetts, listing himself as its president, treasurer, secretary, vice president, director and registere

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