Former tax preparer from Glasgow sentenced to prison

A federal tax return preparer from Glasgow was sentenced to 18 months in prison, followed by one year of supervised release, for aiding and assisting in the preparation of false income tax returns.

United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky, David Hale announced today that 48-year old Greg P. Denham was sentenced to prison for aiding and assisting in the preparation of false income tax returns.

On April 11, 2012, a Bowling Green Grand Jury returned a thirty-five count Indictment against Denham, alleging he knowingly helped prepare false federal tax returns.

 On November 19^th, Denham pleaded guilty to all 35 counts of the Indictment, admitting that between February 2006 and May 2009, he knowingly prepared individual income tax returns that misrepresented expenses and under-reported taxes owed by taxpayers.

The total tax loss resulting from the fraudulent tax returns Denham prepared was over $450,000.

This case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney David Weiser and was investigated by the IRS, Division of Criminal Investigation.
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(02/14/2013/MF)