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Posted: Saturday, August 17, 2013 3:00 am
Lynn tax preparer sentenced on fraud, identity theft charges
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LYNN — A Lynn tax preparer was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison Thursday after pleading guilty to fraud and identity theft charges, according to press releases from United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz’ office.
Roosevelt Fernandez, 33, of Lynn, was sentenced Friday by U.S. District Judge Douglas P. Woodlock to 42 months in prison, and ordered to pay $116,679 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service for identity theft and tax fraud committed while operating a tax return preparation business, said the release.
The release states that on Jan. 16, 2013, Fernandez pleaded guilty to a 13 counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation of false income tax returns and identity theft.
Fernandez operated a business called HT Multi Services in Lynn and, according to the release, Fernandez inserted false and fabricated information into his clients’ income tax returns on numerous occasions.
The release states that this information included “wholly fictitious and fraudulently inflated claims relating to deductions and credits.”
In addition, Fernandez omitted the names and personal identifying information of dependent children from their actual parents’ income tax returns, and then charged other clients $500 or more to add those dependents to their income tax returns in order to generate larger tax refunds.
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