A Lakeland tax preparer will serve nearly five years in federal prison and must pay back $12.9 million after pleading guilty to crimes including filing 458 false tax returns.
Jeffrey Dixon, whose age was not disclosed, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven to four years and nine months in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and three years for aiding and assisting in the filing of false and fraudulent tax returns. The sentences will run concurrently, according to court records.
Dixon, who pleaded guilty in August, must also forfeit $1.09 million and pay the Internal Revenue Service $12.96 million in restitution…