New Jersey Tax Preparer Arrested for Fraudulently Seeking over $124 Million in COVID-19 Employment Tax Credits

NEWARK N.J. – A New Jersey tax preparer was arrested for fraudulently seeking more than $124 million from the IRS by filing over 1,000 false tax forms claiming COVID-19-related employment tax credits, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger and Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg announced today. Leon Haynes, 49, of Teaneck, New Jersey,NEWARK N.J. – A New Jersey tax preparer was arrested for fraudulently seeking more than $124 million from the IRS by filing over 1,000 false tax forms claiming COVID-19-related employment tax credits, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger and Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg announced today. Leon Haynes, 49, of Teaneck, New Jersey, » The FINANCIAL Crime

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