A California tax preparer must forfeit slightly more than $5 million and serve 30 months in prison, following his guilty plea this month.Jose Luis Gonzalez drew the punishment after being convicted of funneling more than $5 million through and unregistered money transmission business and claiming more than $19 million in fraudulent tax deductions
Court documents show Gonzalez and others accepted and despoiled cash through out the United States, wire transferred them through the U.S. and finally transferring the funds through Mexico, via 11 bank accounts for hell corporations.
From Oct. 1, 2018, through May 2019, the conspirators deposited $5,052,037 into shell accounts with Mexico the final destination of 95 percent of the funds. The group aimed to evade domestic and foreign laws regarding money transfer and reporting, according to the charges against them.
Gonzalez admitted to preparing 12 false corporation tax returns for the shell companies, created $16,615,192 in bogus deductions that almost completely offset the businesses’ gross receipts.
In one example cited, Gonzalez prepared a 2017 return for Jeva International that reported gross receipts of $3,092,253 but phony deduction of $3,053,359 for legal and professional outside services
Finally, in the spring of 2019, an Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation undercover operation was conducted at Gonzalez's office and he was recorded to an undercover officer the steps he took to reduce the undercover officer's taxable income.
