The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida has issued a permanent injunction against Miami tax return preparer Niclas Pierre and his tax return preparation business, Niclas Tax and Express Inc.
The court also issued a permanent injunction against Elius Bessard and his tax return preparation business, Bessard Immigrations and Tax Services LLC.
The injunctions bar Pierre and Bessard from preparing tax returns, working for or owning a tax preparation business, assisting others in preparing tax returns or transferring a list of customers.
The court also ordered Pierre to pay $563,000 and Bessard to pay $208,000 in ill-gotten gains received from their return preparation businesses.
Pierre and Bessard each agreed to both the injunction and the order to pay.
The complaint alleged that Pierre and Bessard prepared returns for customers that claimed various false or fabricated deductions and credits, including fabricated residential energy credits, false and fraudulent deductions and inflated business expenses.
According to the complaint, Pierre and Bessard each prepared over a thousand tax returns for customers over the past six years.
