Legal Opinion
United States v. Frantz Pierre
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 14, 2016No. 14-10589PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUBINA, Circuit Judge:
Appellants, Frantz Pierre (“Frantz”), Terry Pierre (“Terry”), and Christmanie Bissainthe (“Chris”), appeal their judgments of conviction and sentences for various charges that arose out of a scheme in which the appellants established a sham tax preparation business entitled “TaxPro-fessors” to file fraudulent income tax returns. The majority of the fraudulent tax returns contained the names of Florida prison inmates and caused the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) to issue approximately $1.9 million in tax refunds. These tax refunds were paid to TaxProfessors’ debit cards…
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