John Castro, the Texas man who fought to keep former President Trump from voting, has been arrested on federal tax charges.
“John Anthony Castro was indicted last week on 33 counts of aiding and abetting the preparation of false tax returns.” the hill. “Prosecutors allege that he ran a virtual tax preparation business that defrauded the government by providing customers with tax returns that exceeded the amount of tax they actually owed.”
In court documents, prosecutors say Mr. Castro “promised significantly larger refunds than taxpayers could receive from other preparers, and in many cases provided taxpayers with additional refunds.” “I have offered to split it up.''
“In order to achieve these large refunds, Mr. Castro created false and unfounded deductions and submitted them without the taxpayers' knowledge,” prosecutors said.
A police officer reportedly arrested Mr. Castro in a sting operation, posing as a tax service customer. Mr. Castro allegedly promised him a $6,007 tax return, but the reputable taxpayer allegedly offered him a $373 tax return. Prosecutors alleged that Mr. Castro filed fraudulent tax returns totaling nearly $30,000 for the undercover agent.
Mr. Castro, who is seen as a likely 2024 Republican presidential candidate, has filed 27 legal challenges to Mr. Trump's presence on the ballot in 27 states, citing the 14th Amendment. Ta.
“He was indicted on the same day that his ballot challenge in New Hampshire was rejected. His attempt was also rejected in Florida, Recently in Nevada on tuesday. There are multiple 14th Amendment lawsuits pending, but none have received much attention.” the hill.
Castro told the outlet that the lawsuit against him was politically motivated, adding that his company repaid $700,000 to the IRS in 2021 to resolve the discrepancies.
“I wouldn't care if they offered me a day of probation and a slap on the wrist in exchange for a guilty plea,” he said. “This is going to be a trial. I'm going to convince all 12 jurors that I'm 100 percent innocent and that this is political retaliation.”
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