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Louisiana Preparer Gets 11 Years

JusticeBaton Rouge, La., resident Angela Myers has been sentenced to 11 years in federal prison for wire fraud, making false claims, subscribing to false tax returns and aggravated identity theft. Myers, who operated Angie’s Tax Service, was found guilty of running an ID theft scheme with many of the victims nursing home patients.

Myers was also ordered to pay $202,685 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service in addition to $39,030 that was already forfeited.

A four-day trial in March produced evidence that she failed to report hundreds of thousands of dollars in tax preparation fees and lied on her own 2007 and 2008 federal income tax returns. With the fees she earned, Myers purchased several items, including an RV and a $50,000 investment product.

Regarding the ID theft, she e-filed tax returns using the names and Social Security numbers of others, including patients at the Port Allen Care Center in Port Allen, La., who did not have the ability to leave the home. Myers was also found to have used a preparer ID number assigned to her daughter.

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