September 14, 2016

A Durham, North Carolina, tax return preparer was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison for aiding in the preparation of false tax returns, announced the Justice Department’s Tax Division. According to documents filed with the court, Reyna Nembiu Montes, operated “Su Manu Amiga,” a tax return preparation business in Durham. Montes admitted that she prepared multiple false individual income tax returns for clients, claiming false dependents in order to generate fraudulent refunds. She further admitted that she failed to disclose the existence of her tax return preparation business on her personal income tax returns. DOJ

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