tax preparer

Taxes July 22, 2026 

A federal court sentenced Bianca Cobbins, 43, to nearly four years in federal prison following her involvement in two separate financial fraud schemes.

Taxes July 16, 2026 

Tax preparer Charles Omonzokpia Usigbe and 11 others, accused of conspiring to fraudulently obtain more than $14 million in COVID relief loans, were indicted by a federal grand jury in Nevada, prosecutors announced Tuesday.

Taxes July 10, 2026 

A Shelby Township, MI, man who owns First Class Tax and Consulting and two of his employees are accused of conspiring to defraud the United States and preparing false tax returns, according to federal authorities.

Taxes July 2, 2026 

Patricia Jones, 44, of Lamar, MS, who submitted fraudulent tax forms to steal more than $1.4 in pandemic relief funds, was sentenced to more than four years in federal prison this week and ordered to pay full restitution.

Taxes June 29, 2026 

Santeva Speights, who prepared tax returns in Milledgeville, GA, was charged Thursday with two counts of tax fraud after obtaining $28,490 from fraudulent tax filings, according to a federal indictment.

Taxes May 8, 2026 

Roody Metelus, 47, of Broward County, FL, has pleaded guilty to his involvement in a scheme where he submitted hundreds of fraudulent COVID-19 loan applications during the pandemic, amounting to more than $4 million.

Taxes April 30, 2026 

Dormeshia A. Haire, 38, pleaded guilty to one count of making false statements on a tax return, one count of wire fraud and three counts of aiding and abetting the filing of false and fraudulent returns.

Taxes April 17, 2026 

Jessie Badillo and Manuel Badillo Jr. repeatedly doctored tax filings to gin up returns, prosecutors argue.

Taxes April 15, 2026 

New Jersey tax preparer Leon Haynes ran what prosecutors called the largest COVID-19 tax relief fraud case ever tried in the U.S.

Taxes April 15, 2026 

Diana Miller-Lloyd, 45, of Port Orange, FL, who was convicted of preparing false tax returns while running a Connecticut-based tax preparation business, was sentenced Tuesday to a year and six months in prison.

Taxes April 9, 2026 

Leon Haynes, 52, of Teaneck, NJ, convicted in what prosecutors called the nation’s largest COVID‑19 tax relief fraud case, was sentenced Wednesday to 12 years in prison.

Taxes March 25, 2026 

Dormeshia A. Haire, 38, of St. Charles, MO, who worked in St. Clair County in Illinois as a tax preparer, is accused of making false statements on tax return forms to defraud the federal government.