Trial Attorney Kevin Schneider of the Tax Division and Assistant U.S.
IRS Criminal Investigation is investigating the case. LaMarca for the Southern District of Mississippi made the announcement. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.Īcting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. He also faces a period of supervised release, restitution and monetary penalties. 22 and faces a maximum penalty of three years in prison for helping his clients file false returns. Reed is scheduled to be sentenced on Sept. Reed withdrew some of the funds on the cards before delivering them to the clients. In addition to preparing false tax returns, on at least two occasions Reed diverted for his own use clients’ refunds that were sent by the IRS to the tax preparation business in the form of prepaid debit cards. At times, Reed also listed a different tax preparer even though he prepared the returns himself. Between 20, Reed prepared tax returns for clients that included false household help income, education credits, dependent information and federal income tax withholdings, in an effort to generate larger refunds from the IRS than the clients were entitled to receive. A Gulfport, Mississippi, man pleaded guilty today to preparing false federal tax returns for clients.Īccording to court documents and statements made in court, Orland Reed worked at a Gulfport tax return preparation business.
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