Date: 09-10-2016

Case Style: United States of America v. Lourdes Ramirez

Case Number: 3:16-cr-00331-K

Judge: Ed Kinkeade

Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas (Dallas County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: Melanie A. Smith, Alexander R. Effendi and David Jarvis

Defendant's Attorney:

Hugo Aguilar

Description: Dallas, TX - Texas Woman Pleads Guilty to Preparing False Tax

A Greenville, Texas, resident pleaded guilty to one count of aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns.

According to documents filed with the court, Lourdes Ramirez, 39, was a tax return preparer operating under the names TX ASAP Tax Services and Fiesta Tax Service in Greenville. Ramirez admitted that from at least 2011 through 2014, she willfully prepared and filed individual income tax returns for clients that reported materially false information, including false business income and losses, false credits and false deductions in order to produce fraudulently inflated refunds. Ramirez prepared approximately 1,163 tax returns and caused an intended tax loss to the United States of approximately $1,155,383.

Ramirez faces a statutory maximum sentence of three years in prison, as well as a term of supervised release and monetary penalties.

Outcome: Guilty

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