A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging three Las Vegas tax return preparers with conspiracy to defraud the United States and willfully preparing false tax returns for clients, according to a July 23 announcement.
According to the indictment, Jadee Glover owned and operated CashBack Tax Service in Las Vegas, where Julia Brainerd and Shamoya Perkins worked as tax return preparers. The three allegedly conspired to prepare and file fraudulent income tax returns for clients by reporting fictitious businesses or falsifying receipts and expenses for existing businesses. The indictment alleges that Glover, Brainerd, and Perkins agreed to include false tax credits on client returns based on claims that clients missed work due to contracting COVID-19 or caring for others with COVID-19. These actions allegedly resulted in large refunds not owed to the clients, with a portion directed as fees to CashBack Tax Service.
The indictment further states that each defendant willfully prepared multiple false returns in this manner. In addition to their work at CashBack Tax Service, Brainerd is alleged to have prepared false returns at Royalty Tax Services—a business she owned—and Perkins is alleged to have done so at Jewels Tax Services, which she separately owned.
If convicted, Glover, Brainerd, and Perkins face up to five years in prison for conspiracy and up to three years per count of aiding in the preparation of false returns. They also face supervised release, restitution obligations, and monetary penalties. Sentencing would be determined by a federal district court judge after considering U.S. Sentencing Guidelines.
Assistant Attorney General Colin McDonald of the Justice Department’s National Fraud Enforcement Division and First Assistant U.S. Attorney Sigal Chattah for the District of Nevada made the announcement. IRS Criminal Investigation is handling the case investigation while Trial Attorneys Regina Jeon and Megan E. Wessel from the Criminal Division’s Tax Section are prosecuting it.
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