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North Jersey Tax Preparer Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Tax Fraud
A New Jersey man has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for tax fraud, according to a recent conviction in a federal court.
Sixto Rodriguez, a resident of Kissimmee, Florida, was found guilty of all 17 counts of an indictment charging him with three counts of filing false tax returns on behalf of himself and fourteen counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation and presentation of false tax returns on behalf of his tax preparation clients.
Rodriguez’s tax preparation business, 1-2-3 Taxes, operated in Teaneck, New Jersey, from 2004 through 2012. He personally met with clients, prepared their individual income tax returns, and filed the returns with the IRS.
According to court documents, Rodriguez inflated education credits, charitable donations, unreimbursed business expenses, and rental losses that he knew his clients had not actually incurred. This resulted in his clients receiving more than $4,000 in refunds per return, to which they were not entitled.
Additionally, Rodriguez failed to report more than $230,000 in net profits he made from his business from 2007 through 2009 and personally avoided paying more than $89,000 in taxes as a result.
U.S. District Judge Kevin McNulty sentenced Rodriguez to 30 months in prison and one year of supervised release. The investigation was led by special agents of IRS-Criminal Investigation, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge John R. Tafur.
The government was represented by Senior Trial Counsel Daniel V. Shapiro of the Economic Crimes Unit in Newark and Assistant U.S. Attorney David M. Eskew, Chief of the U.S. Attorney’s Office Health Care and Government Fraud Unit.
Key Facts
- State: New Jersey
- Category: White Collar Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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