A New Jersey tax preparer is accused of inflating client refunds and misusing COVID-19 relief funds in a fraud scheme totaling over $1 million.
NEWARK, N.J. — A New Jersey tax preparer faces a 16-count federal indictment for allegedly falsifying tax returns and fraudulently obtaining funds from COVID-19 relief programs, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.…
Hammond Tax Preparer Charged With Filing False IRS Returns and Making False Statements to IRS and to Department of Education
NEW ORLEANS – KENISHA R. CALLAHAN, age 44, and a resident of Ponchatoula, Louisiana, was charged by bill of information on March 25, 2022, by the U.S. Attorney for filing a false…
South Georgia pastor, tax preparer admits CARES Act fraud
BRUNSWICK, GA: A South Georgia man holding himself out as a pastor, mortician, restaurateur, and tax preparer has admitted lying to receive COVID-19 small business assistance. Mack Devon Knight, 45, of Kingsland,…
Syracuse Tax Preparer Sentenced to Prison for Filing False Tax Returns for Herself and Others
SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – Phoenix Phan, age 63, of Syracuse, was sentenced yesterday to 18 months’ imprisonment and one year of supervised release for filing a false tax return for herself and…
Dover Tax Preparer Indicted for Preparation of Fraudulent Returns
WILMINGTON, Del. – David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that a federal grand jury sitting in Wilmington returned an indictment on Tuesday charging Harvey Walker, 54, a…
Bridgeport Tax Return Preparer Pleads Guilty
Leonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Joleen D. Simpson, Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation in New England, announced that TORISE BAKER, 38, of…
Local tax return preparer indicted for fraud
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – The owner and operator of The Tax Company in Corpus Christi is set to appear in federal court on charges of tax fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.…
Tax Preparer Pleads Guilty To Tax Fraud Conspiracy Causing More Than $5 Million In False Tax Refund Filings
Tampa, Florida–United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Eurich Z. Griffin III has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States by promoting a tax fraud scheme and helping others…
Scranton Tax Preparer Pleads Guilty To Defrauding Taxpayers Of More Than $250,000
SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that on March 7, 2022, Donald Royce, age 45, of Orlando, Florida, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Court…
Erie Freelance Tax Preparer Indicted
ERIE, Pa. – A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Erie on charges of violating federal tax laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced…
Tax preparer sent to prison for tax fraud…again
HOUSTON – A woman is headed to prison for falsely preparing tax returns following a prior order not to engage in that business, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery. Marcia Angella Johnson…
RGV tax preparer indicted for filing false returns
McALLEN, Texas – A local tax preparer is set to make her initial appearance in federal court on charges of filing false tax returns on behalf of taxpayers, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer…
Las Vegas Tax Preparer Sentenced To Prison For Tax Crimes
LAS VEGAS – The owner of a Las Vegas tax preparation business was sentenced today to three years and 10 months in prison for failing to collect and pay over employment taxes…
Former Tax Preparer from Minden Sentenced to Federal Prison
SHREVEPORT, La. – United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that Deborah Cooksey, 56, of Minden, Louisiana, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Donald E. Walter to 24 months in…
Tax Return Preparer in Halifax County Sentenced to Prison
RALEIGH, N.C. – A Roanoke Rapids woman was sentenced today to 30 months in prison, a one-year term of supervised release, and $818,650 in restitution, for aiding and assisting the preparation and…
Tax preparer sentenced to prison for fraudulent deductions on federal income tax returns
Seattle – A 58-year-old resident of Pacific, Washington, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle, to a year and a day in prison for 14 counts of aiding and abetting…
Florida Tax Preparer Charged in Connection with $7 Million Loan Fraud Scheme
PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams and Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite Jr. of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division announced that Barrie Osborne, 76, of Celebration, Florida, was charged…
Florida Tax Preparer Charged in Connection with $7 Million Loan Fraud Scheme
A Florida tax preparer was charged in an indictment filed in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania yesterday with scheming to fraudulently obtain more than $7 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans,…
Suburban Chicago Tax Preparer Sentenced to Two Years in Federal Prison for Orchestrating a Variety of Fraud Schemes
CHICAGO — A suburban Chicago tax preparer has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for orchestrating a variety of schemes that defrauded the IRS, U.S. Department of Education, and U.S.…
South Florida Tax Preparer Sentenced in COVID-19 Fraud Scheme
Miami, Florida – A South Florida tax preparer was sentenced today to 24 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for carrying out a scheme to fraudulently obtain over…
D.C. Tax Return Preparer Sentenced to 14 Months in Prison for Carrying Out Tax Scheme
WASHINGTON – Yohanness Ayechew, 49, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 14 months in prison for aiding and assisting in the filing of a false…
Tax Preparer Sentenced in COVID-19 Fraud Scheme
A South Florida tax preparer was sentenced today to two years in prison for perpetrating a scheme to fraudulently obtain over 100 COVID-19 relief loans under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). According…
Kent County Tax Preparer Sentenced To Prison
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN – Gonzalo Ramon Rodriguez, 59, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison, U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today. Rodriguez…
New Orleans Tax Preparer Sentenced to Serve a Year and a Day in Federal Prison After Pleading Guilty to Failing to Declare More Than $695,000 in Income on Tax Returns
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that on November 3, 2021 QUINCY E. IRVIN, age 43 of New Orleans, Louisiana was sentenced to a year and a…
Tax Preparer Sentenced for Filing Fraudulent Client Returns
A tax return preparer who filed fraudulent client tax returns was sentenced yesterday to almost two years in federal prison, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E.…
North Carolina Tax Preparer Sentenced to Prison for Defrauding IRS
A North Carolina tax return preparer was sentenced today to 20 months in prison for conspiring to defraud the IRS. According to court documents and statements made in court, from 2012 through…
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