Renell Mace, Tax Preparer Sentenced for Falsifying Tax Returns, Missouri 2015

Renell Mace, Tax Preparer Sentenced for Falsifying Tax Returns, Missouri 2015

A St. Louis tax preparer was sentenced to 21 months in prison after filing nearly 100 false tax returns, netting the scam nearly $343,000.

Renell Mace, 36, of Atlanta, GA, appeared before U.S. District Judge Stephen Limbaugh, Jr. on February 1, 2015, for his role in the scheme.

According to court documents, Mace worked as a tax return preparer for Mace Property Group, LLC, and Simplee Amazing Catering, LLC, between January 1, 2010 and February 1, 2015.

Mace falsified tax returns to increase a taxpayer’s Earned Income Tax Credit refund or claim various refundable educational tax credits, using the names of his clients.

The Internal Revenue Service – Office of Criminal Investigation investigated the case. Assistant United States Attorney Gwen Carroll is handling the case for the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

The actual amount paid to Mace and others through this scheme was $342,741.

Mace was sentenced to 21 months in prison for his role in the scheme. His sentencing date was February 1, 2015. The case was investigated by the Internal Revenue Service – Office of Criminal Investigation, and Assistant United States Attorney Gwen Carroll is handling the case for the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edmo/pr/tax-preparer-sentenced-falsifying-tax-returns