Tax preparer pleads guilty to defrauding IRS out of millions

St. Petersburg tax preparer and consultant used falsified documents to file returns claiming unearned refunds for clients.

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TAMPA — A Pinellas County tax preparer faces five years in prison after pleading guilty to filing false tax returns for clients that netted more than $5.2 million in unearned refunds.

 

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