A 36-year-old Tampa woman was sentenced to 2 years in federal prison for tax fraud. She entered a guilty plea in October.

On Friday, U. S. District Judge James D. Whittemore ordered Ms. Patricia Shaw to make mandatory restitution payments to the U. S. Treasury for $126,002.

According to the U. S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida, Ms. Shaw pleaded guilty to one count of tax fraud. In her plea agreement, Ms. Shaw admitted that from at 2006 through April 2011, she agreed with at least two other co-conspirators, to knowingly engaged in a scheme to defraud the government.

She admitted to using identifying information of other individuals to prepare and electronically file dozens of false income tax returns. In some cases, the victims were unaware that their personal information was used. In other instances, the people willingly provided the information for a fee.

The refunds were most often deposited into a Bank of America bank account, controlled by her co-conspirator. The proceeds were intended to be divided, court documents showed.

Law enforcement has identified 24 fraudulent tax returns for 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010 created and filed by Ms. Shaw.

The case was prosecuted as part of Operation Rainmaker that was investigated by members of a task force representing several federal and local law enforcement agencies.