Anthony J. Borrelli Press Release (Sentenced)

May 14, 2004
For Immediate Release

FORMER TAX PREPARER IS SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR FALSIFYING INCOME TAX RETURNS

St. Louis, Missouri: A former tax preparer was sentenced to 33 months in prison this morning on charges of falsifying income tax returns for clients, United States Attorney Ray Gruender announced today.

This case was investigated by the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation Division. Assistant United States Attorneys Steven Muchnick and John Bodenhausen handled the case for the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

ANTHONY J. BORRELLI, 44, of Lost Dutchman Drive, St. Peters, Missouri, was sentenced to 33 months in prison and ordered to pay more than $12,000 restitution. There is no parole in the federal system. On February 2, 2004, Borrelli pled guilty to two felony counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation of false income tax returns. He appeared this morning for sentencing before Chief United States District Judge Carol E. Jackson.

During 1996 and 1997, Borrelli was a tax preparer in the business of filing federal income tax returns for individuals for the tax years 1994, 1995 and 1996. The returns which Borrelli prepared for his clients for 1994 and 1995 were amended returns. Many of the returns which he prepared for the tax years 1994, 1995 and 1996 contained false information which was material to the determination of the amount of income tax owed to the IRS by the taxpayers. This false information included false medical and dental expenses, false gifts to charity and false employee business expenses, among others. The false information which Borrelli caused to be included on such returns was intended to cause the IRS to send his clients larger income tax refunds than they would have been entitled to receive. The IRS determined that at least 231 tax returns which Borelli prepared during this period contained false information and that the total tax loss as a result of these false returns was between $550,000 and $950,000.

“Taxpayers should be careful in selecting the tax professional who will prepare their tax return,” said Al Patton, Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation. “Unscrupulous tax preparers file false and fraudulent returns to defraud the government, the tax paying public and their own clients.”

UNITED STATES ATTORNEY’S OFFICE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI RAYMOND W. GRUENDER United States Attorney	NEWS RELEASE
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May 14, 2004 For Immediate Release FORMER TAX PREPARER IS SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR FALSIFYING INCOME TAX RETURNS St. Louis, Missouri: A former tax preparer was sentenced to 33 months in prison this morning on charges of falsifying income tax returns for clients, United States Attorney Ray Gruender announced today. This case was investigated by the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation Division. Assistant United States Attorneys Steven Muchnick and John Bodenhausen handled the case for the U.S. Attorney’s Office. ANTHONY J. BORRELLI, 44, of Lost Dutchman Drive, St. Peters, Missouri, was sentenced to 33 months in prison and ordered to pay more than $12,000 restitution. There is no parole in the federal system. On February 2, 2004, Borrelli pled guilty to two felony counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation of false income tax returns. He appeared this morning for sentencing before Chief United States District Judge Carol E. Jackson. During 1996 and 1997, Borrelli was a tax preparer in the business of filing federal income tax returns for individuals for the tax years 1994, 1995 and 1996. The returns which Borrelli prepared for his clients for 1994 and 1995 were amended returns. Many of the returns which he prepared for the tax years 1994, 1995 and 1996 contained false information which was material to the determination of the amount of income tax owed to the IRS by the taxpayers. This false information included false medical and dental expenses, false gifts to charity and false employee business expenses, among others. The false information which Borrelli caused to be included on such returns was intended to cause the IRS to send his clients larger income tax refunds than they would have been entitled to receive. The IRS determined that at least 231 tax returns which Borelli prepared during this period contained false information and that the total tax loss as a result of these false returns was between $550,000 and $950,000. “Taxpayers should be careful in selecting the tax professional who will prepare their tax return,” said Al Patton, Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation. “Unscrupulous tax preparers file false and fraudulent returns to defraud the government, the tax paying public and their own clients.”