Florida Man Banned from Tax Scam
A federal court in Ft. Myers, Florida, has barred Gregory Boone of Riverview, Florida, from promoting an alleged tax fraud scheme, the Justice Department announced today.
Boone, who allegedly uses the business names Provident Holdings International LLC and PHI LLC, consented to the civil injunction order without admitting the allegations against him.
The government complaint alleged that Boone promoted an abusive tax scheme in which he filed false Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Forms 1099-OID to assist his customers in submitting federal income tax returns containing false claims for tax refunds.
The complaint further alleged that Boone filed nearly 5,000 false tax forms and that the IRS issued at least eight erroneous refunds totaling $1.2 million.
Claiming bogus tax refunds based on false Forms 1099-OID is one of the IRS’s “Dirty Dozen” tax scams for 2011.
Gregory Boone, Defendant
Exact criminal charges: Promotion of alleged tax fraud scheme
City and state: Riverview, Florida
Outcome: Barred from preparing tax forms for others and required to provide customers with a copy of the injunction order
Dollar amounts: $1.2 million in refunds issued
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Key Facts
- State: Federal
- Category: White Collar Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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