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IRS Employee Sentenced for Tax Fraud

October 26, 2021

IRS Employee Sentenced for Tax Fraud

On August 12, 2021, in the Western District of Tennessee, former Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Tax Examiner Linda Williams was sentenced for filing false tax returns. Williams was indicted on February 25, 2021.According to the court documents, Williams, while employed by the IRS, prepared and electronically filed income tax returns for herself, friends, family, and received preparation fees for her services. Williams intentionally included materially false deductions on IRS Forms 1040, U.S. Individual Income Tax Returns, for tax years 2014, 2015, and 2016, that she knew the taxpayers were not entitled to claim. In total, Williams prepared and filed returns claiming more than $500,000 in false deductions.Williams received 12 months and one-day imprisonment, one-year of supervised release, and was ordered to pay $54,577 in restitution and a $100 assessment fee.

Source:  The facts in this case narrative come from the following publicly available documents: W.D. Tenn., J., August 13, 2021; and W.D. Tenn., Indict., February 25, 2021.