Georgia tax preparer sentenced, ordered to pay $204,267 restitution to IRS

 

Date: December 15, 2023

Contact: newsroom@ci.irs.gov

ATLANTA — U.S. District Judge Leigh Martin May sentenced Ann Rogers, of Riverdale, Georgia, to 12-months' home confinement, with three years' probation to follow for aiding in the preparation and presentation of a false and fraudulent tax return. The sentencing took place on Nov. 30.

In addition to Roger's home confinement and probation, she was ordered to pay restitution of $204,267 to the IRS.

Rogers, owner of SLR Tax Inc., in Riverdale, prepared a federal tax return that included fictitious Schedule C business losses and false Schedule A deductions. The fraudulent information in the documents lowered her clients tax liability, resulting in $204,267 loss to the IRS.

This case was investigated by the IRS Criminal Investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Samir Kaushal prosecuted the case.

IRS Criminal Investigation recently release their FY23 Annual Report which details these statistics, as well as important partnerships and significant criminal enforcement actions from the past fiscal year, which began Oct. 1, 2022, and ended Sept. 30, 2023.

CI is the criminal investigative arm of the IRS, responsible for conducting financial crime investigations, including tax fraud, narcotics trafficking, money-laundering, public corruption, healthcare fraud, identity theft and more. CI special agents are the only federal law enforcement agents with investigative jurisdiction over violations of the Internal Revenue Code, obtaining a more than a 90 percent federal conviction rate. The agency has 20 field offices located across the U.S. and 12 attaché posts abroad.