税务减免骗局和解：经营者交出逾800万美元现金与资产，判决总额7770万美元
美国联邦贸易委员会（FTC）与内华达州2026年6月2日宣布，税务债务减免公司 American Tax Service 的经营者 Terrance Selb 与 Tyler Bennett 同意交出逾800万美元现金并移交其他资产，以和解两人冒充联邦与州税务机关、向消费者承诺减免税债的指控。拟议命令还禁止两人从事债务减免服务、税务准备服务与电话营销，并禁止冒充个人、政府或企业。
FTC 表示，该公司宣称能把纳税人的欠税以「几分钱抵一美元」或只按欠额的一小部分结清，往往在评估纳税人实际情况之前就作出承诺。委员会向法院提交的证据显示，经营者还针对老年消费者高价推销虚构的附加服务，单次收费可达数万美元。2025年10月，联邦法院已临时叫停 Selb、Bennett 及七家关联实体的这项业务。
拟议命令对 Selb 与 Bennett 作出7,770万美元的判决，金额相当于两人在2022年2月至2025年间从消费者处取得的款项。除约800万美元现金及交出的其他资产外，其余判决因两人无力支付而暂停执行；若查明两人陈述的财务状况不实，全额判决将立即到期。交出的现金与资产将用于退还消费者。
针对 American Tax Service LLC 等九家公司被告的诉讼仍在进行，FTC 已于2026年5月7日申请缺席判决。FTC 以2票对0票批准提交该拟议命令，命令提交至内华达区联邦地区法院，须经法院法官批准签署后生效。
关联：FTC对三家企业虚假宣称美国制造执法，消费者赔偿合计逾86.7万美元
Tax-Relief Scammers to Surrender Over $8 Million in Cash and Assets in FTC Settlement With $77.7 Million Judgment
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the State of Nevada announced on June 2, 2026, that Terrance Selb and Tyler Bennett, operators of American Tax Service, will surrender over $8 million in cash and turn over additional assets to settle charges that they impersonated federal and state tax authorities and promised consumers tax debt relief. The proposed order also bans the two men from debt relief services, tax preparation services and telemarketing, and from impersonating individuals, governments or businesses.
According to the FTC, the company claimed it could settle taxpayers' back taxes for "pennies on the dollar" or for only a fraction of what taxpayers owed, often making those claims before evaluating the taxpayer's circumstances. Evidence the Commission presented in court showed the operators targeted older consumers in upselling fictitious add-on services, often for tens of thousands of dollars at a time. In October 2025, a federal court temporarily halted the scheme operated by Selb and Bennett, as well as seven affiliated entities.
The proposed order imposes a judgment of $77.7 million on Selb and Bennett, reflecting the amount they took from consumers from February 2022 to 2025. Except for the approximately $8 million in cash and other surrendered assets, the judgment is suspended based on their inability to pay; the full amount will become due immediately if they are found to have misrepresented their financial condition. The surrendered cash and assets will be used to return money to consumers.
Litigation is ongoing against nine corporate defendants, including American Tax Service LLC, and the FTC moved for default judgment against them on May 7, 2026. The Commission voted 2-0 to approve filing the proposed order in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada; stipulated orders have the force of law when approved and signed by the district court judge.
Related: FTC Brings Three "Made in USA" Enforcement Actions Totaling More Than $867,000 in Consumer Redress
来源：联邦贸易委员会
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