DOJ v. Hondermann and Odiaga

Iris Hondermann and Ivan Odiaga allegedly conspired to defraud the United States by filing false tax returns with the IRS and diverting portions of the resulting tax refunds to themselves. According to DOJ, from approximately 2017 through 2021, Hondermann and Odiaga prepared tax returns for clients that included one or more false items. Hondermann and Odiaga prepared false tax returns with the IRS seeking a total of more than $5 million in refunds that their clients were not entitled to receive. They diverted more than $1.1 million in false tax refunds to bank accounts one or both of them controlled. Odiaga filed approximately 279 tax returns using the unique identifier of another tax preparer without permission.

Summary generated from official Department of Justice press release