Indictment — United States v. Haynes (Dkt. 16, D.N.J.)

Summary

An indictment of Leon Haynes, a tax preparer, in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, Case 2:24-cr-00232-WJM, filed April 3, 2024 as Document 16. It charges false tax returns under 26 U.S.C. § 7206(2), mail fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1341, aggravated identity theft under 18 U.S.C. § 1028A and tax evasion under 26 U.S.C. § 7201. The grand jury alleges that from November 2020 through May 2023 Haynes filed at least 1,600 false Forms 941 claiming COVID-Related Tax Credits totaling approximately $151,000,000, and that the U.S. Treasury disbursed at least $40,000,000 in refunds to him and his clients. It describes the employee retention credit and sick and family leave credits and tables quarterly refund claims for clients called Individual-1, Individual-2 and Individual-3. It ends with a forfeiture allegation.

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