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Former IRS Employee Get Sentenced

 
Gavel swingingDeena Vang Lee, 41, has been sentenced to four-and-half years in prison. Lee, a resident of Fresno, Calif.,

A tax preparer, Lee was also ordered to pay $191,597 in restitution after being found guilty of 13 felony counts, including three counts of wire fraud, two counts of aggravated identity theft, five counts of preparing and presenting false and fraudulent returns, and three counts of making and subscribing a false and fraudulent tax return.

Lee was working for the Internal Revenue Services as a staffer.

Lee was found guilty of putting false information on client tax returns without their knowledge. She utilized stolen IDs of individuals who were listed as childcare providers on clients’ returns.

In additional, Lee underreported the income from her tax business on her personal tax returns for tax years 2013, 2014 and 2015.

Bob Scott
Bob Scott has provided information to the tax and accounting community since 1991, first as technology editor of Accounting Today, and from 1997 through 2009 as editor of its sister publication, Accounting Technology. He is known throughout the industry for his depth of knowledge and for his high journalistic standards.  Scott has made frequent appearances as a speaker, moderator and panelist and events serving tax and accounting professionals. He  has a strong background in computer journalism as an editor with two former trade publications, Computer+Software News and MIS Week and spent several years with weekly and daily newspapers in Morris County New Jersey prior to that.  A graduate of Indiana University with a degree in journalism, Bob is a native of Madison, Ind
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