Former Heber City, Utah Resident Convicted of Filing False Claims for Tax Refunds Totaling More Than $2.2 Million | WPN World People News

April J. Rampton, 41, formerly of Heber City, Utah,before yesterday was convicted in U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City of nine counts of filing false claims for income tax refunds, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. Rampton, who was indicted on Sept. 14, 2011, was released following the verdict. She is scheduled to be sentenced before U.S. District Judge Dee Benson on Feb. 27, 2013. The jury was unable to reach a verdict on six similar counts.

According to the indictment and the proof at trial, Rampton prepared at least nine false claims for tax refunds on behalf of others. The total amount of false tax refunds claimed for the counts of conviction was more than $2.2 million.

The evidence at trial further established that Rampton used false IRS Forms 1099-OID with fictitious amounts of income and withholdings as the basis for the false claims for tax refund.

For each false claim conviction, Rampton faces a maximum potential sentence of five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 or twice the gross gain or loss caused by the offense.

Source: U.S.Department of Justice