Amon Eustache Aboua, Tax Evasion and Wire Fraud, South Dakota 2024

Sioux Falls Man Charged with Preparation of False Tax Returns and Wire Fraud

Amon Eustache Aboua, age 54, the owner of African Communities United, d/b/a ACU Tax Services, has been charged with 23 counts of Aiding and Assisting in the Preparation and Presentation of a False and Fraudulent Return and 23 counts of Wire Fraud.

The charges were announced by United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell, and a federal grand jury indicted Aboua in January of 2024. Aboua appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark A. Moreno on January 16, 2024, and pleaded not guilty to the Indictment.

The maximum penalty upon conviction is up to 20 years in federal prison and/or a $250,000 fine, three years of supervised release, and up to $4,600 to the Federal Crime Victims Fund. Restitution may also be ordered.

The Indictment alleges that Aboua prepared false U.S. Individual Income Tax Returns and submitted them to the IRS for several taxpayers between February 2, 2018, and April 2, 2019. Those returns were false in that the returns represented that the taxpayers were entitled to claim deductions when, in fact, they were not. Aboua submitted those tax returns electronically and caused fraudulently-inflated refunds, which unjustly enriched Aboua.

The investigation is being conducted by the IRS, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Ann M. Hoffman is prosecuting the case. Aboua was released on bond pending trial, and a trial date has not been set.

The charges are merely accusations, and Aboua is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.

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