June 22, 2018
Posted June 26, 2018
Tax preparers Joseph Racine and Arnouse Merlien pled guilty to conspiracy to violate the Internal Revenue Code by falsely claiming tax credits and deductions for their clients. Racine and Merlien defrauded taxpayers of over $3.5 million. The investigation showed that Racine and Merlien improperly claimed the tax credits and deductions for their clients to increase the amount of fees they could charge their clients. USAO NDGA
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