An Osceola County deputy and four others were arrested for income tax fraud.

Dep. Titus Dixon was arrested by both the sheriff's office and the Internal Revenue Service Friday.

The IRS said Dixon was charged by a federal grand jury. Investigators said he and his accomplices would file false tax returns in other people's names without them knowing it.

Katrina Pratt is accused of doing the same thing to work-study students at FAMU, where she was a human resources administrative assistant.

“Given that that FAMU had not been made aware of any findings of any wrongdoing after more than two years of external investigations, she was reassigned to a receptionist position where she had no access to sensitive or vital or confidential information in July of 2014,” said Florida A&M Univeristy Communications and External Relations Vice President Jimmy L. Miller.

“The University will now reexamine her employment status in light of the today’s events in accordance with the organization’s policies and procedures,” Miller added via email.

In total, five people were indicted. The others include: Perrissa Dixon, Stefondra Monroe, and Orman Witherspoon. 

Investigators said they all worked together, requesting that the stolen IRS tax refunds be put on debit cards.

The information came from databases from both Florida law enforcement and FAMU.

The sheriff's office said it was notified about the investigation in Dec. 2013. It has fired Dixon.

Osceola County Sheriff’s Office Public & Media Relations Director Twis H. Lizasuain released the following statement:

“In December of 2013, the IRS contacted the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office in reference to an investigation of possible income tax fraud involving Titus Dixon.  Based upon this information, Deputy Dixon was immediately removed from duty and placed on administrative leave.  Today, Deputy Dixon was arrested by the IRS and his employment with the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office was immediately terminated.  The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office is fully cooperating with the IRS and the Assistant U.S. Attorney’s Office, including conducting an audit, to determine if Deputy Dixon used Sheriff’s Office resources to obtain victim information. All information is being forwarded to the IRS for their active investigation.”

Federal investigators are accusing Deputy Dixon of using law enforcement agency databases that he had access to at the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office to steal names, dates of birth and social security numbers. 

“Your name, your address, your social and your date of birth and obviously all of that information is contained in the (Florida Department of Law Enforcement) DAVID system, where this deputy I would suggest obtained this. It’s just that easy,” said private investigator and former Orange County sheriff’s deputy James A. Copenhaver.

All five suspects are facing federal identity theft, wire fraud and theft of government funds charges.