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PENSACOLA, Fla. (WKRG) — A woman from Pensacola has been sentenced to prison for tax fraud and identity theft.
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According to a U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Florida news release, Khristine N. Harper, 42, will serve two years in prison for 20 counts of aiding and assisting the preparation of false tax returns and one count of identity theft.
Harper filed fraudulent returns by falsifying deduction and credit amounts between 2018 and 2024. She changed the name of her tax business in July 2023 when she found out the IRS was investigating her…