United States Attorney Randolph J. Seiler announced that a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for devising and executing a scheme to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Jacques Eviglo, owner of Global Income Tax Services, was indicted on ten counts of false claims on March 21, 2017.
According to the Indictment, between February 2015 and March 2016, Jacques Eviglo devised a scheme in which he prepared and filed several false U.S. Individual Income Tax Returns (Form 1040) for clients of his tax preparation business. Specifically, Eviglo filed federal tax returns with false deductions on Schedule A’s, resulting in refunds in which Eviglo knew his clients were not entitled.
The maximum penalties upon conviction for filing false claims against the government is five years in prison.
This case is the result of an investigation by the IRS-Criminal Investigation. It is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney John Haak.
According to the IRS, approximately 60 percent of taxpayers use tax professionals to prepare and file their tax returns. “Tax return preparer fraud” is one of the IRS’s “Dirty Dozen Tax Scams.” For more information about the fight against tax fraud or how to choose a reliable tax return preparer visit https://www.irs.gov/uac/things-to-remember-when-choosing-a-tax-preparer.