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Phoney tax agent jailed after 14 years on the run

A Victorian man who pretended to be a tax agent has now been sentenced to five months in jail after pocketing over $40,000 in fraudulent tax refunds.

Phoney tax agent jailed after 14 years on the run
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Phoney tax agent jailed after 14 years on the run

Sentenced in the Parramatta Local Court last month, Ibrahim El-Hassan had posed to be a tax agent and lodged multiple false income tax returns on behalf of unsuspecting clients, obtaining refunds totalling $43,205.

Read more at Accountants Daily.

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