{"id":49941,"date":"2022-05-31T17:08:56","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T00:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=49941"},"modified":"2022-05-31T17:08:56","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T00:08:56","slug":"tax-preparers-with-the-help-of-a-social-worker-allegedly-stole-millions-of-dollars-from-local-state-and-federal-agencies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=49941","title":{"rendered":"Tax Preparers with the Help of a Social Worker Allegedly Stole Millions of Dollars from Local, State and Federal Agencies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 SANTA ANA, California\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7297150837MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-48994 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/download-21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" \/>Two Orange County tax preparers were arraigned Monday on federal charges alleging they participated in a scheme orchestrated by a corrupt social worker.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7297150837MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">The social worker allegedly stole his clients\u2019 identities to fraudulently obtain tax refunds, welfare benefits and credit cards.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7297150837MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Anton Nguyen, 53, of Fountain Valley, and Rosemary Pham, 64, of Midway City, plead not guilty to the criminal charges against them. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7297150837MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">A July 26 trial date has been scheduled for both defendants, who remain out of custody.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7297150837MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-49254 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/wyxqqpyfnk8-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"white and black printer paper\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/wyxqqpyfnk8-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/wyxqqpyfnk8-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/wyxqqpyfnk8-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/wyxqqpyfnk8.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Nguyen and Pham were charged in separate indictments filed on May 11 with conspiracy to defraud the federal government.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7297150837MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Nguyen also is charged with three counts of making false claims against the United States for the payment of federal income tax refunds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7297150837MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Pham additionally is charged with 10 counts of aiding and advising the filing of false tax returns.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7297150837MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Nguyen and Pham allegedly conspired with John Tran, who is believed to be either 56 or 60, of Fountain Valley. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7297150837MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-49943 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/download-10-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/download-10-1.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/download-10-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>He is an Orange County Social Services Agency caseworker from July 1994 to October 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7297150837MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Tran stole the Social Security numbers and other personal identifying information (PII) from his clients \u2013 many of them recent immigrants.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7297150837MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 From August 2010 to June 2019, Tran and his co-conspirators used the stolen information to fraudulently obtain money from the federal government, the State of California, the County of Orange and financial institutions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7297150837MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Nguyen, who owned and operated the Westminster-based Century Travel &amp; Tax, and Pham, the owner and operator of Victory Tax Service in Westminster, allegedly used the stolen identities that Tran provided to create fraudulent Forms 1099-MISC.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7297150837MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1381 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/irs2-300x244.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/irs2-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/irs2.jpg 443w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>It allegedly showed payments made to the identity theft victims by companies, including those controlled by Tran and other co-conspirators.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7297150837MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The defendants allegedly prepared and filed federal income tax returns using the Tran-provided stolen identities. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7297150837MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Nguyen and Pham used the purported payments on the fraudulent Forms 1099 as income to the identify theft victims, making them appear to qualify for tax credits, including the Earned Income Tax Credit and the Child Tax Credit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7297150837MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6172 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/FBI-Insider-Trading-300x228.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/FBI-Insider-Trading-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/FBI-Insider-Trading-45x35.jpg 45w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/FBI-Insider-Trading.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">In turn, the reported payments to the identity theft victims were used by Nguyen\u2019s and Pham\u2019s clients to offset business revenues and reduce the taxes they owed by making it appear that the identity theft victims worked for them, according to the indictments. In exchange for the fabrication of the Forms 1099, Nguyen\u2019s and Pham\u2019s clients allegedly paid them a fee.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7297150837MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tran and his co-conspirators filed 433 tax returns using PII belonging to other individuals, generating at least $973,153 in fraudulently obtained tax refund payments from the United States. Pham and Nguyen allegedly caused at least $1,378,092 and $4,054,802, respectively, in unpaid taxes to be incurred.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7297150837MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-49944 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/491626-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/491626-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/491626-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/491626-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/491626.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u00a0 Pham also allegedly reported fraudulent Fuel Tax Credits for other taxpayers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7297150837MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 If convicted of all charges, Nguyen would face a statutory maximum sentence of 10 years in federal prison. Pham faces up to eight years in federal prison.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7297150837MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Prior to these indictments, federal prosecutors secured seven guilty pleas to criminal charges connected to this scheme.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7297150837MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tran pleaded guilty in November 2019 to conspiracy to defraud the United States with respect to claims, mail fraud and aggravated identity theft. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7297150837MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Tran is scheduled to be sentenced on July 25. He faces up to 74 years in federal prison.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7297150837MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2717 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IRS-Forms-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IRS-Forms-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IRS-Forms-1024x677.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IRS-Forms-90x60.jpg 90w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IRS-Forms-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IRS-Forms-95x64.jpg 95w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Chau Nguyen, 68, of Garden Grove; Sophie Thuy Nguyen, 47, of Westminster; Kevin Le, 56, of Anaheim Hills; Van Quach, 42, of Monterey Park; and Peter Duc Nguyen, 62, of Garden Grove, each have pleaded guilty to evasion of assessment of taxes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7297150837MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">They are scheduled to be sentenced later this year. They are facing up to five years in federal prison.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7297150837MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Thomas Nguyen, 61, of Santa Ana, plead guilty in June 2021 to one count of tax evasion. He was fined $30,000 and ordered to pay $133,796 in restitution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7297150837MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">IRS Criminal Investigation, with assistance from the Orange County District Attorney\u2019s Office, investigated this matter.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 SANTA ANA, California\u00a0 Two Orange County tax preparers were arraigned Monday on federal charges alleging they participated in a scheme orchestrated by a corrupt social worker&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49942,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-u-s-department-of-justice"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the 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