NEEDVILLE, Texas – A tax preparer has been arrested on charges that she helped clients file false tax returns with the IRS, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei on Tuesday.
Monica Green was indicted by a federal grand jury on April 2.
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According to court documents, Green ran a tax preparation business in Needville from 2017 to 2021. During those years, she allegedly added false credits or deductions on tax returns to fraudulently lower her clients’ overall tax liability.
The indictment alleges Green utilized false Schedule A deductions, false Schedule C losses for businesses that did not even exist and false education credits showing expenses for colleges her clients did not attend. The fraudulent amounts claimed on these returns would, at times, exceed tens of thousands of dollars, according to the charges.
Green allegedly earned money from the scheme by charging her clients preparation fees of hundreds of dollars per return.
If convicted, she faces up to three years in prison for each count of aiding in the preparation and filing of false tax returns as well as potential fines of up to $250,000.
IRS Criminal Investigation conducted the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Brad Gray is prosecuting the case.