A Riverside tax preparer was sentenced on Monday, June 26, to 6 years in federal jail after he was accused of submitting 1000’s of tax returns with bogus deductions, corresponding to for faux medical bills and mortgages, authorities mentioned.
Andrew Zepeda Hansack, a 40-year-old Riverside resident, pleaded responsible in February to 2 counts of false tax returns, in accordance with the U.S. Division of Justice.
Hansack labored at AJ Loyal Revenue Tax Service, a Riverside firm, starting in 2015. Authorities say that he filed greater than 2,500 tax returns with bogus deductions from 2015 to 2019, creating in extra of $3 million in losses for the Inside Income Service.
Hansack was accused of submitting tax returns with false itemized deductions, together with residence mortgage funds for purchasers who weren’t truly owners. Hansack filed one tax return for a South Gate resident who falsely claimed greater than $30,000 in deductions, federal prosecutors mentioned.
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Along with jail time, Hansack was ordered to pay a $50,000 effective and $3,369,886 in restitution.
