Lynisha Robinson, Filing False Claims, Mississippi 2012

OXFORD, Miss. – In a shocking turn of events, Lynisha Robinson, a 27-year-old tax preparer from Leland, Mississippi, has been sentenced to 36 months in prison for filing false claims with the federal government.

The investigation by Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation revealed that Robinson submitted the false returns to the IRS through Twin Taxes, a business Robinson owned and operated in Leland and Greenville, Mississippi. The false returns resulted in the payment of earned income credit benefits to which neither Robinson nor the filers were entitled.

Lynisha Robinson, 27, of Leland, Mississippi, was sentenced yesterday by United States District Judge Sharion Aycock in Aberdeen, Mississippi, for filing false claims with the federal government.

Robinson pled guilty on November 7, 2012, to six counts of an information charging her with preparing and transmitting fraudulent and material information to the IRS in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 287 and 7206(2).

The investigation by Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation revealed that Robinson submitted the false returns to the IRS through Twin Taxes, a business Robinson owned and operated in Leland and Greenville, Mississippi. The false returns resulted in the payment of earned income credit benefits to which neither Robinson nor the filers were entitled.

Robinson was ordered to pay $112,839.78 in restitution to the IRS and prohibited from employment as a tax preparer while on supervised release. 'Return preparer fraud affects not only the preparer, but the individuals who have filed false information with the Internal Revenue Service,' said Gabriel Grchan, IRS Special Agent in Charge of the New Orleans Field Office.

This case was investigated by Special Agents of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation and was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Clyde McGee IV.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndms/pr/leland-tax-return-preparer-sentenced-false-claims