April 27, 2023

Adela Cruz, of Uvalde County, TX, will spend 27 months in prison and will pay $129,239 in restitution for willfully assisting clients in the preparation and filing of their IRS tax returns. Cruz inflated her clients’ refunds by claiming false education credits, dependents, and business profits or losses, and concealed her involvement by using fake taxpayer emails on the filings. DOJ

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