A federal judge imposed the sentence Friday on 37-year-old Rigoberto Cabrera. He was recently convicted by a jury of 29 charges, including wire fraud, money laundering and making false claims to the Internal Revenue Service.
Testimony showed that Cabrera and others offered to prepare tax refunds for people in exchange for a percentage of their refunds. The returns would claim tax credits and deductions that the taxpayers were not entitled to receive.
Cabrera used companies and shell entities to receive the fraudulent tax refunds.
In addition to the prison time, Cabrera must pay the U.S. more than $1.5 million in restitution.
Source: Associated Press