Three sisters from McAllen, Texas, have been sentenced for orchestrating a tax fraud scheme that involved preparing and filing fraudulent tax returns with the IRS, as announced by U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.
Maria Lourdes Campos, the owner of Campos Tax Service (CTS), and her sisters Elizabeth and Gloria Romo pleaded guilty on May 2 to charges related to the fraudulent preparation of tax returns. U.S. District Judge Drew B. Tipton sentenced Campos to 42 months in federal prison and Elizabeth Romo to 36 months. Gloria Romo, who played a smaller role in the operation, received one year of supervised release.
