Tijan Mboob, Tax Fraud, North Carolina 2024

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Tijan Mboob, aka TJ, aka Teejay McBoob, aka Sheikhtijan, Charged with 20 Counts of Tax Fraud

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Tijan Mboob, a 58-year-old Charlotte resident, appeared in federal court on Thursday after a federal grand jury returned a 20-count indictment charging him with aiding and assisting in the preparation and filing of false tax returns over a five-year span.

According to allegations in the indictment, beginning in at least 2014 through 2021, Mboob prepared or caused to be prepared hundreds of fraudulent tax returns that were submitted to the IRS. The indictment alleges that Mboob was a “ghost preparer,” who failed to identify himself as a paid tax preparer on tax returns he prepared or submitted as required by the IRS, despite receiving payment from clients for his tax services.

The indictment further alleges that Mboob prepared income tax returns for clients that included fabricated and fraudulent items, including false filing status, false American Opportunity and education credits, false itemized deductions and false reforestation credits, among others. Mboob’s alleged inclusion of the fabricated and fraudulent items resulted in the reduction of his clients’ tax liabilities and inflated refunds totaling more than $4.7 million.

Mboob was released on bond following his initial appearance in federal court. Each charge of aiding and assisting in the preparation and filing of false tax returns carries a maximum prison term of three years and a $250,000 fine.

U.S. Attorney Dena J. King thanked IRS-CI for their investigation of the case. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Cassye Cole and Graham Billings of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Charlotte are prosecuting the case.

The charges against Mboob are allegations. The defendant is innocent until proven guilty beyond reasonable doubt in a court of law.

As we approach the April 15 tax deadline, those who consider preparing false tax returns should be aware of the extremely negative consequences as evidenced today. It is essential for people to have confidence that when they pay their taxes, their neighbors and co-workers are doing the same.

This week, the IRS began its annual Dirty Dozen Tax Scams campaign which lists the worst of the worst tax schemes that taxpayers may encounter and typically peak during filing season. To learn more about the Dirty Dozen scams and for help with recognizing and avoiding abusive tax schemes, the IRS offers educational material at IRS.gov. Suspected tax fraud can be reported to the IRS using Form 3949-A found on the IRS.gov website.