DALLAS - A local tax return preparer who managed a tax preparation business in Dallas, who admitted to filing fraudulent tax returns, was sentenced today, announced U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox of the Northern District of Texas.
Arslen Ramin Ayeze was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade to serve twelve months and one day in federal prison and ordered to pay $65,000 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Ayeze pleaded guilty in July 2017 to one count of aiding and assisting in the preparation of a tax return and was remanded to custody following his guilty plea for a violation of his conditions of pretrial release.
According to the plea agreement factual resume filed in the case, from 2008 through 2010, Ayeze was a tax preparer doing business under the name of Universal Tax in Dallas, Texas. On Jan. 20, 2010, Ayeze prepared and electronically filed with the IRS, a 2009 U.S. Individual Income Tax Return, Form 1040, on behalf of K.G. which was false and fraudulent. In preparing the tax return, Ayeze deceived the IRS by falsely including a business loss deduction in the amount of $10,575 for a purported sole proprietorship operated by K.G. Ayeze knew K.G. had not incurred the loss and was not entitled to claim the deduction on the tax return. The false deduction of $10,575 resulted in an actual tax loss to the United States in the approximate amount of $2,557.
The investigation was conducted by Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Christopher Stokes prosecuted.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
