拉斯维加斯报税员骗领退税逾 500 万美元并截留客户款项：判刑 38 个月
美国司法部宣布，Ivan Odiaga 被判处 38 个月联邦监禁。他在其母亲 Iris Hondermann 经营的拉斯维加斯报税公司 Silver State Tax & Multiservices LLC 从事报税工作。
司法部表示，2017 至 2021 年间，Odiaga 通过虚构经营收入与亏损、虚报新冠病假与家庭假抵免、住宅能源抵免等手段，骗领退税逾 500 万美元；他还截留客户退税逾 110 万美元，并在 2020 至 2021 年间冒用他人报税员税号（PTIN）。其母亲已于今年 8 月 5 日就相关罪行认罪。
案件由国税局刑事调查处（IRS-CI）查办。司法部提醒纳税人选择报税服务时核实从业者资质，并留意退税去向异常等迹象——此为执法机构的一般性提示信息。
Las Vegas Tax Preparer Sentenced to 38 Months in $5 Million Refund Fraud Scheme Involving Stolen Client Refunds
The U.S. Department of Justice announced that Ivan Odiaga has been sentenced to 38 months in federal prison. He worked preparing tax returns at Silver State Tax & Multiservices LLC in Las Vegas, a business run by his mother, Iris Hondermann.
According to the department, from 2017 to 2021 Odiaga claimed more than $5 million in fraudulent refunds using fabricated business income and losses, false COVID-19 sick and family leave credits, and residential energy credits. He also diverted more than $1.1 million of clients' refunds and, in 2020 and 2021, used other people's Preparer Tax Identification Numbers (PTINs). His mother pleaded guilty on August 5 to related conduct.
The case was investigated by IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI).
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