{"id":19726,"date":"2016-01-25T10:12:54","date_gmt":"2016-01-25T18:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=19726"},"modified":"2016-01-25T10:12:54","modified_gmt":"2016-01-25T18:12:54","slug":"19726-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=19726","title":{"rendered":"Federal Court Bars Businessman from Doing Tax Preparation Services"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"ImagesFederalCourts\"A federal court permanently barred a Florida man from owning a tax preparation business that targeted low income customers with deceptive and misleading ads, officials said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Wilfrid Antoine<\/strong> of Lake Worth, Florida, is barred from owning and operating a tax return preparation business, the U.S. Justice Department announced today.<\/span><\/p>\n

Antoine, a former franchisee of \u201cLBS Tax Services\u201d and Owner of \u201cAWA Tax Services,\u201d fraudulently increased customers’ refunds and profited through “unconscionable, exorbitant and often undisclosed fees” at the expense of customers and the U.S. Treasury, officials allege.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the complaint, Antoine owned and operated AWA Tax Inc., a corporation that operated seven tax return preparation stores in Florida.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Those stores allegedly operated as \u201cLBS Tax Services\u201d in 2013 and began operating as \u201cAWA Tax Services\u201d in 2014. \u00a0The complaint alleged that Antoine\u2019s preparers engaged in fraudulent activity. This included the following:<\/span><\/p>\n