SANTA ANA, Calif.—A Buena Park tax preparer has been ordered by a federal judge to stop assisting anyone in submitting tax returns after it was determined he helped clients claim more than $50 million in bogus refunds, according to the judge’s ruling, which was made public Wednesday.
U.S. District Judge David O. Carter enjoined Jose Pineda and his business—Anaheim-based ABK Income Tax & Travel Inc.—from helping to file federal tax returns and other tax-related services, according to the U.S. Dept. of Justice.
Federal authorities alleged in a civil complaint that Pineda and his business filed fraudulent tax returns from 2013 through 2020. The tax preparers would add fictitious or ineligible dependents to get higher tax refunds, officials alleged….