USA v. HAYNES

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Case overview

Case Number:

2:23-mj-11127

Court:

New Jersey

Nature of Suit:

Judge:

Andre M. Espinosa

  1. 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.

  2. 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.