Keith Altamirano, Tax Fraud, Washington 2021

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Tax Preparer Pleads Guilty to Multi-Million Dollar Tax Fraud Scheme

Tacoma – In a shocking revelation, a high-volume tax preparer in Vancouver, Washington has pleaded guilty to 16 counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation of false and fraudulent returns.

According to the plea agreement and indictment, Keith Altamirano, 52, operated Integrity Investments, LLC, doing business as ‘Servicios Latinos.’ Between 2017 and 2021, Altamirano prepared at least 12,000 tax returns, with a statistical sampling analysis revealing that his false entries on customer tax returns cost the U.S. Treasury more than $5 million in tax loss.

Altamirano falsified clients’ income tax submissions by listing fake medical expenses, charitable donations for deductions, listing fake cars for depreciation and expense deductions, and by listing fabricated and inflated business expenses. He concealed his fraud by using ‘White Out’ and omitting his name on his clients’ filed returns.

The clients did not know Altamirano falsified their tax return to get them a larger refund. Altamirano’s fraud helped build his business as customers recommended him to others to get larger refunds.

Altamirano agreed to pay $104,518 in restitution to the IRS for the 16 counts he pleaded guilty to. He faces up to three years in prison and a $100,000 fine for each count, with prosecutors recommending imprisonment at the low end of the federal guidelines range.

The tax fraud case was investigated by the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) and is being prosecuted by Amanda McDowell.

Altamirano also pleaded guilty to attempted second-degree murder and drug charges in Clark County Superior Court and was sentenced to 135 months of imprisonment, which will run concurrently with his federal sentence.