A New York tax preparer was already serving 41 months in federal prison for preparing false returns, and during his stay he used a smuggled smartphone to continue to prepare returns for clients and divert the refunds to an account he controlled. The clients received documents showing a lower refund amount and in some cases the tax preparer took a $900 fee from their refunds without their knowledge. Several clients did not know that the tax preparer was in prison when he filed their returns. (www.nytimes.com/2020/12/03/us/abdel-soliman-tax-fraud.html)
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