North Carolina Tax Return Preparer Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Defraud the IRS

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2019-07-29

A Raleigh, North Carolina, resident pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States, on July 22, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Robert J. Higdon Jr. for the Eastern District of North Carolina.

According to court documents and statements made in court, Garvey Imhotep conspired with others to file false tax returns for the tax years 2011 through 2014 for clients of Tax Kings, Two Brothers Tax Service, and Taxes Done Right. Imhotep and his co-conspirators filed returns claiming false education expenses and other fraudulent items in order to increase clients’ tax refunds. Imhotep used tax preparer identification numbers, associated with other individuals, in order to conceal his involvement and avoid detection by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

Sentencing is scheduled for October 2019. Imhotep faces a statutory maximum sentence of five years in prison. He also faces substantial monetary penalties, supervised release and restitution.

Source: U.S. Department of Justice

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