AUSTIN, Texas – A Texas tax preparer, Subhala Suresh, has pleaded guilty to filing false federal tax returns on behalf of clients as part of a larger false return scheme.
According to court documents and statements made in court, Suresh worked at a tax preparation firm from approximately January 2019 to October 2022, preparing false federal tax returns for clients that included false expenses designed to reduce the taxes her clients owed to the IRS.
As a result of these false expenses, Suresh’s clients received refunds to which they were not entitled. Based on the false tax returns she filed, Suresh admitted to causing a tax loss to the United States between $250,000 and $550,000.
This plea follows recent guilty pleas of three other Texas return preparers: Mathews Chacko, Anish Pillai, and Mou Kundu, who all prepared false federal tax returns as part of the same scheme.
Chacko previously pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States and admitted that the conspiracy caused a total tax loss exceeding $3.5 million but less than $9.5 million. Pillai previously pleaded guilty to filing a false tax return and admitted that he caused between $1.5 million and $3.5 million in losses to the United States. Kundu also previously pleaded guilty to filing a false tax return and admitted that she caused between $250,000 and $550,000 in losses to the United States.
All four individuals will be sentenced at a later date. Suresh pleaded guilty to one count of aiding and assisting the filing of a false tax return, faces a maximum penalty of three years in prison, as well as a period of supervised release, restitution, and monetary penalties.
A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors. IRS Criminal Investigation is investigating the case. Trial Attorneys Marissa R. Brodney and Michael L. Jones of the Tax Section are prosecuting the case.
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Key Facts
- State: Texas
- Category: Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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