Tax Preparer Gets 12 Years In Largest-Ever COVID Tax Fraud

By Anna Scott Farrell · April 8, 2026, 6:07 PM EDT

A New Jersey tax preparer was sentenced Wednesday to 12 years in prison and ordered to pay $55 million in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service after a jury convicted him...

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Case Information

Case Title

USA v. HAYNES

Case Number

2:23-mj-11127

Court

New Jersey

Nature of Suit

Date Filed

July 28, 2023


Case Title

USA v. HAYNES

Case Number

2:24-cr-00232

Court

New Jersey

Nature of Suit

Date Filed

April 03, 2024