A Lawrenceville, Ga.-based tax preparer has been sentenced to five years in prison in a scheme that recruited his clients to help purchase stolen cars for resale. Stanley Worthy Jr. must make $2.9 million in restitution after pleading guilty to a variety of charges.
Worthy had earlier pleading guilty to wire fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aiding in the filing of 35 false tax returns.
In 2019 and 2020, Worthy and co-conspirator used the Soamazin Automotive car dealership, in Warrensville Heights, Ohio to purchase stolen vehicles at a discount, and sell those vehicles to unsuspecting buyers for profit/
They also had recruited clients from this tax preparation business, Cavalier Care, apply for loans to buy non-existent vehicles and split loan proceeds.
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
