Ex-tax preparer admits guilt in $12 million COVID-19 fraud case
Former Tax Official Pleads Guilty to Fraud A former tax official from Freeport has admitted in federal court to defrauding the U.S. government, specifically a pandemic-related business loan program, out of $12 million. Some of this money was reportedly used to purchase homes, cars, and jewelry in the Caribbean. Damaris Beltre, aged 58, pleaded guilty […]
Teaneck Tax Preparer Convicted in $170 Million COVID Tax Refund Fraud
New Jersey Tax Official Convicted for Fraudulently Securing COVID-19 Tax Refunds A federal jury has found a New Jersey tax official guilty of orchestrating a scheme that defrauded the IRS out of over $170 million through fraudulent COVID-19 tax refunds, as announced by Acting U.S. Attorney Alina Haba. Leon Haynes, 52, from Teaneck, faces multiple […]
Tax preparer in NYC faces fraud allegations after 96% of clients receive refunds
Fraud Allegations Against Bronx Tax Preparers Tax preparers in the Bronx are facing serious accusations of submitting numerous fraudulent tax returns. Allegedly, between 94% and 96% of their clients have received refunds for six years in a row. Kaelima Melendez, 48, has been preparing these annual tax returns at her mother’s business on Southern Boulevard […]
Tax preparer accused of filing tax returns using fake gambling winnings in client’s name
In Baton Rouge, the tax returner from Amite has been taken into custody for allegedly trying to claim a tax return of tens of thousands of dollars connected to a gambling prize on behalf of a client. Todd Ramon Mabrie faces accusations of submitting a fraudulent tax withholding form for an uninformed client, who is […]
Broward tax preparer instructed to shut down operations and prohibited from preparing returns.
A Broward County tax return preparer has been ordered to shut down his business and is banned for life from preparing or filing federal tax returns following a civil suit by the U.S. Department of Justice. Sunil Ramchandani, who operated AHS Income Tax Services in Cooper City, reportedly made errors in a significant number of […]
New York tax preparer called ‘the Magician’ charged for tax fraud of $145m – The Guardian US
A New York tax preparer known as “The Magician” has pleaded guilty to filing tens of thousands of false tax returns, costing the government $145 million in taxes. Rafael Alvarez orchestrated and oversaw the largest tax evasion in history by a return preparer, according to the Southern District of New York. Prosecutors say the decade-long […]
N.J. tax preparer who created phony returns to collect $4.49M is sent to prison – NJ.com
An Essex County tax preparer has pleaded guilty to illegally collecting $4.49 million in tax refunds and been sentenced to nearly five years in prison, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Selinger announced Wednesday. Omar Kartel, 33, of Fairfield, was sentenced to 57 months in prison after pleading guilty Jan. 23 to conspiracy to commit wire fraud […]
'I learned my lesson': Colorado man loses $2K by same ghost tax preparer that also left Houston residents empty-handed – KPRC Click2Houston
houston – A Denver, Colorado, man contacted KPRC 2 after a friend shared one of our reports about two Houston-area women receiving thousands of dollars after attempting to file their taxes. Lewis Ferguson said one of his colleagues recommended that he pay his 2022 taxes to the Green Money Group. “I felt very confident,” Ferguson […]