USA v. HAYNES
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April 08, 2026
Tax Preparer Gets 12 Years In Largest-Ever COVID Tax Fraud
A New Jersey tax preparer was sentenced Wednesday to 12 years in prison and ordered to pay $55 million in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service after a jury convicted him of tax fraud in what authorities said was the nation's largest tax fraud case involving COVID-19 pandemic relief money.
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April 03, 2024
NJ Tax Preparer Accused Of $150M COVID Relief Fraud
A New Jersey tax preparer has been indicted over what prosecutors are calling a yearslong scheme in which he filed more than 1,600 bogus tax forms seeking over $150 million in COVID-19-related employment tax credits for his clients and his own businesses that they weren't eligible for, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday.