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Ex-Teaneck Tax Preparer Gets 2½ Years In Federal Pen For Conning IRS, Helping 14 Others Ex-Teaneck Tax Preparer Gets 2½ Years In Federal Pen For Conning IRS, Helping 14 Others
Ex-Teaneck Tax Preparer Gets 2½ Years In Federal Pen For Conning IRS, Helping 14 Others A judge in Newark on Thursday sentenced a former Teaneck tax preparer to 2½ years in federal prison for helping himself and 14 clients cheat on their taxes. Sixto Rodriguez, 55, who'd moved to Kissimmee, FL, must serve just about all of the sentence. There's no parole in the federal prison system. He was convicted earlier this year by U.S. District Judge Kevin McNulty of dozens of counts of filing the bogus returns following a one-week bench trial in federal court in Newark. At the Teaneck business he named "1-2-3 Taxes," Rodriguez "inflated education credits, charitable don…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Ex-Teaneck Tax Preparer Convicted Of Trying To Con IRS, Helping 14 Others Ex-Teaneck Tax Preparer Convicted Of Trying To Con IRS, Helping 14 Others
Ex-Teaneck Tax Preparer Convicted Of Trying To Con IRS, Helping 14 Others Federal jurors in Newark on Tuesday convicted a former Teaneck tax preparer of helping himself and 14 clients cheat on their taxes. Sixto Rodriguez, 55, was found guilty of all 17 counts of an indictment charging him with three counts of filing false tax returns for himself and 14 counts of helping clients do the same following a one-week trial, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Rodriguez, who now lives in Kissimmee, FL, "inflated education credits, charitable donations, unreimbursed business expenses and rental losses that he knew his clients had not actually incurred," Carpeni…

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by Jerry DeMarco