A North Carolina tax preparer faces a 20-count indictment that claims his return fraud cost the government $4.7 million in unwarranted refunds.Tijan Mboob, a/k/a "TJ," a/k/a "Teejay McBoob," a/k/a "Sheikhtijan," of Charlotte, N.C.,is alleged to have prepared hundreds of fraudulent returns from at least 2014 through 2021.
Mboob is alleged to have served as a ghost preparer who failed to identify himself as a paid tax preparer on returns he prepared or submitted. Returns he submitted included such items as false filing status, false American Opportunity and education credits, itemized deductions and reforestation credits, among others.
He is also accused for refusing to assist clients who received correspondence from the Internal Revenue Service questioning returns Mboob had preparer and filed. He reported to report any preparation fees as income for tax years 2017 and 2020 and did not file tax returns for 2018 and 2019.
