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Fort Lee Tax Cheat Who Collected Nearly $1.5M Gets 3 Years In Fed Prison
FORT LEE, N.J. – A Fort Lee mortgage broker who admitted collecting nearly $1.5 million in unentitled tax refunds from the government was sentenced to three years in federal prison.
Jose Crespo, who took a plea deal in September, filed returns that falsely listed income from bonds and fuel excise tax credits for several years, beginning in 2006, IRS Special Agent Jonathan D. Larsen said.
Crespo collected $652,478 the first year of the scheme for his Specialty Home Services company in Fort Lee, while taking in nearly $60,000 on his personal return, Larsen said.
The following two years, he c…
