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How a Franklin Tax Preparer Turned Refunds into Tax Fraud
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Subscribe21 JAN 2026 / ACCOUNTING & TAXES
Tax preparer, Jahnell Easly from Franklin, Wisconsin, pleaded guilty for fraud involving over $1.4 million in fraudulent refunds in a federal criminal case. Easily faces up to three years in prison and a fine of $250,000 for submitting consistently fraudulent tax returns, including falsified business income, losses, wages, dividends and fabricated withholding and refundable credits, during the 2020 through 2022 filing seasons.
Every tax season has its background noise. W-2s rolling in late, clients asking for extensions on February 3, and that familiar question that never goes away, “When will I get my 2026 refund?” Most years, the drama stays in the spreadsheets. This year, a&...
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