FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 2004 WWW.USDOJ.GOV TAX (202) 514-2008 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C.- The Department of Justice today announced that a federal court in Orlando, Florida, has entered a permanent injunction barring Linda Borden, of Celebration, Florida, from promoting abusive tax schemes, including those involving home-based businesses used to claim improper deductions. The order, to which Borden consented, also permanently bars her from preparing federal income-tax returns for others.
The Justice Department presented evidence to the court that Borden promoted her scheme in 22 states using various businesses to defraud the Federal Treasury of at least $15 million. The court permanently enjoined Borden, and related companies B & B Consulting, Inc; Nex, Inc.; Nexclick, LLC; and New Innovations of Central Florida, Inc., from promoting abusive tax schemes and providing any tax services to others. It further required her to inform her past customers of the permanent injunction and provide a list of her customers to the Justice Department within eleven days.
Illegal tax schemes harm all taxpaying Americans, said Eileen J. OConnor, Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Departments Tax Division. The Justice Department is working to reassure law-abiding taxpayers that tax scam promotions are being shut down. Kari M. Larson and Kristin H. Hodges, trial attorneys with the Justice Departments Tax Division, represented the United States in this case. The case was referred to the Justice Department by the IRSs Small Business/Self-Employed Division. More information about the Justice Departments Tax Division can be found at www.usdoj.gov/tax.
Source: US Department of Justice
