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The Associated Press//July 16, 2018//
Listen to this articleA Louisiana tax preparer has been sentenced to three years for filing false tax returns.
U.S. Attorney David C. Joseph, in a news release, said U.S. District Judge S. Maurice Hicks Jr. also sentenced 47-year-old Deborah Turner, of Shreveport, to a year of supervised release and ordered her to pay $128,828 in restitution.
Turner, who owned Tax Express Refund, pleaded guilty in January to one count each of making and subscribing a false tax return and aiding and assisting in making and subscribing a false return.
Authorities said Turner filed numerous returns between 2011 and 2013 with false information so her clients and herself could get deductions and credits that increased their refunds.
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