Miami man gets 36 months for $4.2 million trust tax-refund fraud scheme
The DOJ's National Fraud Enforcement Division secured a 36-month sentence against a Miami man who filed false tax returns for trusts he controlled, seeking more than $4.2 million in refunds. The case shows how the newly created Fraud Division is pursuing refund schemes, and sets out the restitution and supervised-release terms imposed.
- Preval was sentenced on October 6, 2026 to 36 months in prison for filing a false tax return on behalf of a trust he controlled.
- The false returns filed for trusts and himself collectively sought refunds totaling more than $4.2 million from the Treasury.
- Preval obtained more than $580,000, used to pay off his home mortgage and other personal expenses, and was ordered to pay $580,647 in restitution to the IRS.
- He also filed 2023 returns that omitted income from his employment, and received one year of supervised release.
- The case was investigated by IRS Criminal Investigation and prosecuted by the National Fraud Enforcement Division's Tax Section.
Executive summary
McDonald Preval, of Miami, was sentenced on October 6, 2026 to 36 months in prison for filing a false tax return on behalf of a trust he controlled, as part of a $4.2 million refund fraud scheme. The sentence was…
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https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/florida-man-sentenced-prison-tax-refund-fraudRead by Regulus 16 Oct 2026 at 09:46 UTC
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