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Feds: Preparer Aided in $65M Fraud

A Texas tax preparer has been accused of assisting a Maryland man in filing for $65 million of undeserved refunds. A superseding indictment accuses Marquis Al Bey of preparing the bogus returns as part of the conspiracy.

Al Bey, also known as Alvin. Hewitt is Forney, Texas, is accused of aiding Orin Wayne Solomon, of Glenn Dale, Md., to prepare and file the returns that resulted the IRS issuing a. $10-million refund check.

The two have been indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States, filing false income tax returns, aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns and theft of government funds with Solomon also accused of tax evasion, willful failure to file income tax returns and bank fraud. The indictment also says false returns were prepared for an unnamed Maryland-based client of Al Bey’s firm, Creative Associates.

The Justice Department said Solomon sent $1 million of the proceeds to Bey, who purchased a house in Texas. Solomon allegedly used his refund to pay for cars, a house, silver coins, insurance policies and to pay off the mortgage on his personal residence. 

Solomon is accused of filing at least 15 false income tax returns between 2017 and 2022 on behalf of himself, his marketing business and two trusts he controlled. He was also charged with using a variety of methods to evade income taxes numerous years from 2009 through 2021 and not paying taxes owed by his business, Anjacor Marketing, from 2017 through 2021. Additionally, he is accused of fraudulently obtaining a Paycheck Protection Program loan of $229,012.

Bob Scott
Bob Scott has provided information to the tax and accounting community since 1991, first as technology editor of Accounting Today, and from 1997 through 2009 as editor of its sister publication, Accounting Technology. He is known throughout the industry for his depth of knowledge and for his high journalistic standards.  Scott has made frequent appearances as a speaker, moderator and panelist and events serving tax and accounting professionals. He  has a strong background in computer journalism as an editor with two former trade publications, Computer+Software News and MIS Week and spent several years with weekly and daily newspapers in Morris County New Jersey prior to that.  A graduate of Indiana University with a degree in journalism, Bob is a native of Madison, Ind
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