{"id":66148,"date":"2026-11-13T10:13:12","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T15:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=66148"},"modified":"2026-11-13T10:13:12","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T15:13:12","slug":"actions-have-consequences-34","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=66148","title":{"rendered":"Actions Have Consequences"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Wednesday, Townhall<\/a> posted an article about two Philadelphia tax preparers who were involved in a scheme to fraudulently claim approximately $86 million in COVID-19-related tax credits.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

Two tax preparers have entered pleas of guilty before United States District Judge Joel H. Slomsky in connection with pandemic tax credit schemes.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Latisha Dudley, 51, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty on Friday to helping to prepare false tax returns for clients, mail fraud, and theft of government funds, arising from her role in a scheme to fraudulently claim approximately $86 million in COVID-19-related tax credits.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Timeeka Loud, 47, also of Philadelphia, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to the same charges for her role in a scheme to fraudulently claim approximately $23 million in COVID-19-related tax credits.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Between May and October of this year, seven additional defendants who worked with Dudley or Loud pleaded guilty to mail fraud and theft of government funds for their involvement in the same COVID-19 tax credit schemes.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThese two defendants set out to defraud American taxpayers on a grand scale,\u201d said U.S. Attorney Metcalf. \u201cEvery dollar lost to fraud is a dollar that can\u2019t be used for a vital government program or service. My office is committed to bringing crooks like Dudley and Loud to justice and protecting the public fisc.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to court filings and statements, from late 2021 through early 2025, Dudley recruited individuals, including friends and family, to claim tax refunds from the IRS that they were not entitled to receive related to businesses they purportedly owned. Even though Dudley knew most of these business entities had minimal or no operations, she nevertheless prepared false employers\u2019 quarterly tax returns claiming large amounts of COVID-19-related tax credits. These tax returns inflated the number of employees and wages paid and falsely claimed eligibility for various COVID-19 tax credits.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article notes:<\/p>\n

Dudley and Loud are scheduled to be sentenced in February. Both face maximum penalties of three years in prison for each count of aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns, 20 years in prison for each count of mail fraud, and 10 years in prison for each count of theft of government funds.<\/strong><\/p>\n

We need to bring back the concept of restitution!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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