United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced a 33-count indictment charging ADAM M. LASHINSKI, 40, with filing false tax returns. LASHINSKI will make his initial appearance in U.S. District Court at a later date.
According to the allegations in the indictment, LASHINSKI, who falsely claimed to be a certified public accountant, prepared and filed dozens of fraudulent federal individual income tax returns for his acquaintances between 2013 and 2015. The charges state that LASHINSKI repeatedly filed returns in the names of the taxpayers that omitted taxable income and claimed false adjustments, deductions, and business expenses, which resulted in larger refunds than what the taxpayers were actually entitled to receive. To obtain additional profits beyond the small payments LASHINSKI received from the taxpayers for his services, the indictment alleges that LASHINSKI filed documentation with the IRS to cause portions of the fraudulent refunds to be paid directly into his personal bank account.
This case is the result of an investigation conducted by the Criminal Investigation Division of the IRS, with assistance from the Minnesota Department of Revenue.
These cases are being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert M. Lewis.
Defendant Information:
ADAM M. LASHINSKI, 40
Sauk Rapids, Minn.
Charges:
* Filing false tax returns, 33 counts
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
