Philadelphia Return Preparer Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Tax Fraud

A Philadelphia, Pa, tax return preparer was sentenced to 60 months in prison today for conspiring to defraud the United States, preparing false client tax returns, wire fraud, and identity theft, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.