Justice Dept.: New Jersey Tax Preparer Charged in COVID-19 Employment Tax Credit Scheme
April 04, 2024
April 04, 2024
WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on April 3, 2024:
A federal grand jury in Newark, New Jersey, returned an indictment today charging a New Jersey tax preparer with fraudulently seeking more than $150 million from the IRS by filing more than 1,600 false tax returns for himself and his clients that claimed COVID-19-related employment tax credits.
Leon Haynes, of Teaneck, New Jersey, was charged with 55 counts of aidi . . .
A federal grand jury in Newark, New Jersey, returned an indictment today charging a New Jersey tax preparer with fraudulently seeking more than $150 million from the IRS by filing more than 1,600 false tax returns for himself and his clients that claimed COVID-19-related employment tax credits.
Leon Haynes, of Teaneck, New Jersey, was charged with 55 counts of aidi . . .