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October 26, 2009... A Brampton, Ontario, tax preparer, who pleaded guilty to one count of fraud over $5,000 on October 16, 2009, was sentenced to two years less a day house arrest to be served conditionally, and was fined $50,000. A joint Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) investigation revealed that the tax preparer filed false personal income tax returns, by overstating charitable donation receipts from various charities on behalf of 23 of his clients' income tax returns. During the 2003 to 2006 tax years, the tax preparer issued $331,716 in fraudulent charitable donations, and in doing so, helped his clients claim over $134,124 in non-refundable tax credits.
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