South Jersey Man Convicted of Tax Fraud

A tax preparer from South Jersey has been convicted of tax fraud for including fraudulent credits and deductions on federal tax returns for his clients in an effort to gain repeat business for himself, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman said on Tuesday.

Tinh Van Vo, 59, of Egg Harbor Township, was convicted on 10 counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation of false federal income tax returns following a two-week trial in Camden Federal Court. The jury deliberated two hours before returning the guilty verdicts.

Vo was found guilty of preparing and filing fraudulent U.S. Individual Income Tax Returns through his business, TVO Services in Atlantic City.

The returns attached schedules for fictitious educational credits, charitable contributions, and job expenses the taxpayers were not entitled to take – all to generate fraudulently inflated refunds, according to documents filed in the case and evidence presented at trial.

Each false tax return count carries a maximum potential penalty of three years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Sentencing for Vo is scheduled for March 9, 2016.