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Queens Tax Preparer Charged in $4 Million State Tax Fraud Scheme
Faces Up To 25 Years in Prison


FOR RELEASE:
IMMEDIATE, Friday
March 21, 2008

Queens district Attorney Richard A. Brown, joined by New York State Commissioner of Taxation and Finance Robert L. Megna and New York City Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly, today announced that a Ridgewood, Queens, tax preparer has been charged with preparing false state tax returns in an attempt to defraud New York State out of nearly $4 million in refunds.  The alleged scheme was discovered by the State Tax Department during the processing of the returns.

For additional information on this case, please refer to the Queens County DA's press release which can be found at: http://www.queensda.org/newpressreleases/2008/march/paolino_03_20_2008_cmp.pdf

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