This story was originally posted to MyNorthwest.com
A high-volume Vancouver tax preparer was sentenced to federal prison, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Washington last week.
Keith Altamirano, 52, will spend 18 months behind bars for 16 counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation of false and fraudulent tax returns, along with a 135-month concurrent sentence for his convictions on an attempted murder charge…