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March 21, 2016

Posted  March 21, 2016

A Charlotte, North Carolina, area resident was sentenced to 41 months in prison for his involvement in a fraudulent tax return scheme. According to court documents and statements in court, in early 2011, Daniel Heggins, 44, and Joan Clark operated Guarantor Manufactures Inc. (GMI), a business that purported to help individuals who were in debt. Heggins and his co-conspirators, including Clark, prepared and filed false tax returns on behalf of GMI’s clients claiming fraudulent tax refunds from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in the amount of their clients’ debts. The intended loss of the conspiracy exceeded $4 million. Heggins also charged GMI’s clients bogus filing fees of $2,500 to $5,000 in order to prepare and file the fraudulent returns. Heggins and Clark pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States in November 2015. DOJ

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