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Lynette Hogue, a Memphis woman, has been charged with preparing false tax returns for clients and failing to file her own tax returns between 2021 and 2024. Hogue allegedly prepared and filed false and fraudulent income tax returns for clients of her tax preparation business, generating refunds they were not entitled to receive. She also willfully failed to file her own tax returns, despite earning substantial income from her business. The indictment was returned by a federal grand jury and announced by the Department of Justice.
Hogue is charged with 29 counts of willfully aiding and assisting the preparation and presentation of false tax returns and four counts of willfully failing to file a tax return. If convicted, she faces up to three years in prison for each false return count and one year in prison for each count of failing to file a tax return.
The case is being prosecuted by Trial Attorneys Isaiah Boyd III and Matthew C. Hicks of the Criminal Division’s Tax Section, with the assistance of the National Fraud Enforcement Division. The indictment is part of the Department of Justice’s efforts to combat fraud and support President Trump’s Task Force to Eliminate Fraud.
The National Fraud Enforcement Division was established on April 7 to investigate and prosecute those who commit fraud against the American people. The Department’s work to combat fraud is a whole-of-government effort to eliminate fraud, waste, and abuse within Federal benefit programs.
📋 Key Facts
- Crime: Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Defendant: Tennessee
- Location: TN
- Source: DOJ Press Release
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