Eleven New York residents have been arrested and charged with tax fraud.<\/p>\n
According to the New York State Department of Taxation, nine \u201cclients\u201d and two tax preparers were arrested on charges of claiming exaggerated refunds and filing false tax returns.<\/p>\n
Officials say that the two tax preparers allegedly attempted to defraud New York State by preparing false state tax returns for relatives and friends for the 2008-2011 tax years. According to officials, the two were employed as tax preparers and filed fraudulent returns claiming incorrect amounts of income and refundable credits that the filers were not owed.<\/p>\n
Heather Sweet, 35, was charged with one felony grand larceny count and eight felony counts of offering a false instrument for filing. Rebecca Tyner, 56, was charged with one felony grand larceny count and five felony false instrument counts.<\/p>\n
Both defendants pleaded not guilty at their arraignments. Officials said that if the two tax preparers were convicted, they (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Eleven New York residents have been arrested and charged with tax fraud. According to the New York State Department of Taxation, nine \u201cclients\u201d and two tax preparers were arrested on charges of claiming exaggerated refunds and filing false tax returns.…<\/span><\/p>\n