US Sues Tax Preparer Over $4.8 Million in False Returns

The United States is suing a tax preparer for allegedly falsifying client tax returns, resulting in more than $4 million in uncollected taxes.

The government filed a complaint to the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas against Crystal Ojeda, a tax preparer operating in Texas and Nevada who owns Money Market Tax Co. LLC. Money Market is also named as a defendant.

Beginning in 2015, several of Ojeda’s clients began filing formal IRS complaints against her, the complaint says, and an IRS investigation revealed that Ojeda falsified portions of tax returns for many of her clients, primarily ...