Filing False Tax Returns Lands Woman 33 Years in Prison
A Flint, Mich., woman was sentenced to 33 month in prison for preparing and filing false income tax returns.
Following a five-day trial, Chandra Hicks was convicted of 37 counts of preparing and filing false tax returns. According to evidence presented at trial, Hicks operated a tax preparation service called Unlimited Prosperity Tax Service in Flint, Mich., from 2005 through 2009.
During that time period Hicks prepared 37 false tax returns by claiming a variety of false deductions on the returns, including false gifts to charities, false job and medical expenses, false child care credits and earned income credits, and false business losses. The tax loss to the government was more than $110,000.
In addition to her prison sentence, Hicks was ordered to pay a $3,700 fine.
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