Three South Carolina individuals are charged with tax fraud
January 13th, 2010 - 4:15 am ICT by BNO NewsCOLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA (BNO NEWS) – Three South Carolina individuals were charged Tuesday in a twenty-eight count Indictment that included assisting in the preparation of fraudulent tax returns.
Nadine Pinto, 38, John Wofford, 42, and Taurik David Griffin, 32, all of Mauldin, South Carolina were charged with violating US law by creating false entries in tax returns they prepared for certain clients, so as to qualify the clients for tax refunds.
The case was investigated by agents of the IRS and was assigned to Assistant U.S. Attorney William J. Watkins, Jr., of the Greenville office for prosecution.
The maximum penalty the trio could receive is a fine of $100,000 and incarceration for ten years.
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