Irving Tax Preparer Sentenced to 35 Months in Federal Prison

DALLAS —A tax preparer who operated a tax preparation business in Irving, Texas, was sentenced yesterday for preparing false tax returns, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas.

U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle sentenced Hector Gerardo Nunez yesterday afternoon to 35 months in federal prison and ordered him to pay $68,121.06 in restitution. On December 2, 2015 Nunez pleaded guilty to one count of aiding and assisting in the preparation of a false tax return.

According to the factual resume filed in his case, from at least 2007 through 2010, Nunez did business under the name of Speedy Tax Service, located on W. Airport Freeway in Irving. During this period, Nunez knowingly and willfully prepared, and caused to be filed with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), income tax returns that were materially false. Nunez would include false or inflated deductions and credits that were intended to produce a fraudulently inflated refund to be paid by the IRS. He would then collect a fee that was deducted from the refund generated by each return he prepared.

IRS Criminal Investigation investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Christopher Stokes prosecuted.

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