A 44-year-old Collin County woman has been locked up for running a multi-year tax fraud scheme that bilked the IRS out of more than $152,000. Sandra Ayanna Morgan, of McKinney, Texas, was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to filing a false income tax return, U.S. authorities announced today.
Morgan, who operated as a tax preparer, admitted to cooking the books for clients across four tax years — 2009 through 2012. On July 11, 2016, she pleaded guilty to the charge, and today, U.S. District Judge Marcia A. Crone handed down the sentence: 18 months behind bars and restitution of $152,471 to the Internal Revenue Service.
Court records show Morgan didn’t just make innocent mistakes — she weaponized the tax code. She filed fraudulent Form 1040s for multiple individuals, falsely claiming deductions and credits for Education Credits, American Opportunity Credits, Charitable Contributions, Unreimbursed Employee Expenses, Medical and Dental Expenses, Rental Property Losses, and Business Losses — none of which were warranted.
The scam centered on 2010, when Morgan prepared a return for another taxpayer that falsely claimed losses on Schedule C and Schedule E. She knew the claims were bogus. The taxpayers never told her they qualified — yet she filed anyway, inflating refunds through lies and forged documentation.
The total damage: $152,741 in tax losses to the federal government. Each return was a calculated move in a broader pattern of deception, prosecutors said, showing a willful intent to defraud one of the nation’s most critical revenue agencies.
The case was investigated by IRS Criminal Investigations and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Andy Williams in the Eastern District of Texas. Authorities say the sentencing sends a message: fraud dressed up as tax preparation is still a federal crime — and it carries real time.
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Key Facts
- State: Texas
- Agency: DOJ USAO
- Category: Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Source: Official Source ↗
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