The two operated Imperial Taxation and Multi-Services Corp. and Aleluya Universal Accounting Services and from about 2010 through 2016 they filed a variety of fraudulent returns.

These included returns reporting fictitious business income, seeking refunds to which clients were not entitled abd utilizing unwarranted education and fuel tax credits. These returns also claimed deceased individuals and some whose identifies were stolen as dependents, along with filing returns in the names of individuals whose identities were stolen.

Sentencing is scheduled for September. The two each face a maximum of five years in prison for conspiracy and three years maximum on each count of filing false returns. They also face a period of supervised release, restitution and monetary penalties.

Fertilien and Joseph were indicted in April, along with Frantz Petit-Dos, who is now a fugitive.