Community Tax Services tax return preparer sentenced for conspiracy to filing false tax returns

 

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Date: September 29, 2021

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New Bern, NC — A Rocky Mount, North Carolina woman was sentenced today to 16 months imprisonment and ordered to pay $59,268.00 in restitution for committing conspiracy to prepare and file false tax returns.

According to court documents, Bertha Battle conspired with others to file false tax returns for the 2011 through 2016 tax years for clients of Community Tax Services LLC located in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Battle and her co-conspirators filed tax returns that claimed false education credits, among other illegitimate items, in order to fraudulently generate clients' tax refunds. According to the IRS, the three-year scam resulted in a loss of more than $2 million in tax dollars. On June 18, 2020, Battle pled guilty to the charge.

G. Norman Acker, III, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, made the announcement after sentencing by United States District Judge Louise W. Flanagan. The Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigations (IRS-CI) assisted in this investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Ethan Ontjes is prosecuting the case.