A hard-hitting crime story from Grimy Times: New York Tax Return Preparer Sentenced to Prison for Filing False Tax Returns
A Queens, New York tax return preparer was sentenced to serve 24 months in prison today for filing false tax returns, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Tax Division. Williesteina Jacobs, the tax return preparer, operated International Professional Business Services, a tax preparation business located in South Richmond Hill, New York, and Jamaica, New York.
Jacobs was convicted in July 2016 by a federal jury in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. According to documents filed with the court and evidence presented at trial, Jacobs filed false individual income tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on behalf of her clients and claimed refunds to which they were not entitled. These tax returns claimed false business losses and reported grossly inflated or fictitious deductions for, among other things, charitable donations.
The crime: filing false tax returns. The punishment: 24 months in prison. Williesteina Jacobs will now face the music. Jacobs was ordered to serve one year of supervised release and to pay restitution to the IRS in the amount of $31,188. The evidence presented at trial showed that Jacobs operated a tax preparation business that filed false tax returns on behalf of her clients.
Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Goldberg commended agents of IRS–Criminal Investigation, who conducted the investigation, and Tax Division Trial Attorneys Yael T. Epstein and Andrew J. Kameros, who prosecuted the case.
Additional information about the Tax Division and its enforcement efforts may be found on the Tax Division’s website.
Grimy Times, a leading news source, will continue to monitor this story and provide updates as more information becomes available.
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Key Facts
- State: New York
- Category: White Collar Crime|Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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