Date: March 23, 2022 Contact: newsroom@ci.irs.gov Wilmington, DE — David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that a federal grand jury sitting in Wilmington returned an indictment on Tuesday charging Harvey Walker, a Dover tax preparer, with preparing false and fraudulent returns. According to the indictment, during the 2015 through 2019 tax years, Walker prepared 23 fraudulent returns for eight different individual clients. Those returns are alleged, among other things, to have falsely claimed deductions for charitable contributions and unreimbursed employee expenses and to have falsely claimed business losses. The maximum penalty for each count is three years of incarceration and a $100,000 fine. "Tax return preparers play an important role in helping citizens understand the complexities of the tax code and their obligations under it. When tax preparers abuse their knowledge and the trust that the system places in them by causing their clients to file false returns, it hurts everyone. My office will not hesitate to prosecute those who counsel fraud and prepare false returns." This case was investigated by Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation, which serves the American public by investigating potential criminal violations of the Internal Revenue Code and related financial crimes in a manner that fosters confidence in the tax system and compliance with the law. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Dylan J. Steinberg A copy of this press release is located on the website of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Delaware. Related court documents and information is located on the website of the District Court for the District of Delaware or on PACER. An indictment contains allegations that a defendant has committed a crime. Every defendant is presumed to be innocent until and unless proven guilty in court.
