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Seattle-Area Tax Preparer Gets 18 Months For False Client Returns

A Bellevue preparer near Seattle got prison time after prosecutors said he built a business around false client returns.

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Hannah Olsen
July 17, 2026

Clients love a lower tax bill until the IRS starts asking how they got it. That is the ugly lesson from a Bellevue tax preparer who just got sentenced to federal prison.

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