Washington D.C. (GNB)- Gene Hersholt Williamson II, North Carolina Man Sentenced to 36 Months in Federal Prison for Preparing False Tax Returns, according to the Justice Department.
Gene Hersholt Williamson II, was sentenced yesterday to 36 months in prison for aiding and assisting in the preparation of a false tax return and ordered to pay $637,000 in restitution, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.
According to the statement issued by the Justice Department today, “in addition to preparing false tax returns for clients, Williamson filed false tax returns for himself from 2012 through 2017. In all, Williamson’s misconduct resulted in a tax loss to the IRS of over $550,000”.
U.S. Attorney Robert J. Higdon Jr. for the Eastern District of North Carolina and Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Zuckerman made the announcement after sentencing by U.S. District Judge James C. Dever III. The IRS-Criminal Investigations investigated the case and Assistant U.S. Attorney Susan B. Menzer and Tax Division Trial Attorney William Guappone prosecuted the case.
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