A man has been indicted on federal charges of filing false tax returns using stolen identities , authorities said Tuesday . Osabuohien Odyssey Oronsaye , 34 , is charged with 58 counts of filing false claims , wire fraud , aggravated identity theft and access device fraud . He was arrested Friday in Tempe . The indictment said Oronsaye , originally from Nigeria , prepared tax returns with the names and Social Security numbers of individuals whose personal information had been stolen . Authorities said Oronsaye would then fabricate federal tax returns using the information . He also submitted fradulent credit card orders using stolen credit card numbers , the indictment states . The investigation began in February when Cochise College officials contacted Sierra Vista police about a flash drive found in a college computer . The storage device contained about 900 names and personal information . An investigation into who owned the device was conducted . Sierra Vista police said Oronsaye purchased the names and information online and used them to file the tax returns . He then had thousands of dollars in fraudulent refunds placed on prepaid debit cards . The names were purchased for $ 1.50 per name from online scammers , the police department said . ;