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\"\"A Nevada man was sentenced Wednesday to 13 years and three months in prison for filing false tax returns, aggravated identity theft, wire fraud, money laundering, and impersonating an FBI agent, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the evidence, King Isaac Umoren, 41, owned and operated Universal Tax Services (UTS), a tax preparation business based in Las Vegas. <\/span><\/p>\n

Umoren used that business to engage in two separate fraud schemes.<\/span><\/p>\n

From 2012 through 2016, officials stated that Umoren prepared and filed with the IRS tax returns for clients, including false deductions and fictitious businesses, to generate larger refunds than clients were entitled to receive. <\/span><\/p>\n

At times, Umoren used the names and the IRS Preparer Tax Identification Numbers (PTINs) of other UTS employees without their knowledge or consent, making it seem as if they, not he, had prepared the false returns. <\/span><\/p>\n

Umoren also required his clients to use a refund anticipation check program, which he then utilized to secretly take fees out of the client\u2019s tax refunds without their knowledge, according to authorities.<\/span><\/p>\n

On Feb. 7, 2016, Umoren posed as an FBI agent, wearing a fake badge and tactical gear, and drove to a client\u2019s house with police lights attached to his vehicle to demand payment of a tax preparation fee.<\/span><\/p>\n

Second, in May 2016, Umoren attempted to sell UTS. <\/span><\/p>\n

To get buyers to purchase the company at an inflated price, he provided fraudulent documents \u2013 including forged bank statements, fabricated return preparation fee reports, false personal tax returns and other tax forms that had never actually been filed with the IRS \u2013 as well as the stolen tax and personal identifying information of approximately 12,000 taxpayers who were not UTS clients. <\/span><\/p>\n

Eventually, Umoren succeeded in selling UTS for approximately $3.8 million. Officials stated that he used the sale proceeds to purchase land in Henderson and an automobile.<\/span><\/p>\n

U.S. District Judge Andrew P. Gordon also ordered Umoren to pay $9.6 million in restitution to the federal government and other victims of his fraud schemes.<\/span><\/p>\n

IRS Criminal Investigation, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, and the FBI investigated the case.<\/span><\/p>\n

Trial Attorneys Sarah A. Kiewlicz and Patrick Burns of the Tax Division prosecuted the case.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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