Man Sentenced In Region For Generating $550,000 By Filing False Tax Returns

A 39-year-old man was sentenced to 15 months in prison in federal court in the region for tax offenses including filing false tax returns that netted him more than $550,000.

A Florida man was sentenced to 15 months in prison for filing false tax returns.
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Kathy Reakes

10/27/2021 10:00 a.m.

Cory Kizer, of the state of Florida, was sentenced in Springfield in Hampden County on Tuesday, Oct. 26 after pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and eight counts of theft of public money.

According to Acting US Attorney Nathaniel R. Mendell, Kizer obtained personal identifying information for the purpose of filing false federal tax returns and obtaining unwarranted tax refunds.

The tax returns contained false addresses, wages, and salaries, employers, dependents, business, and loss information, court documents showed.

The false returns generated a total of over $550,000 of unwarranted tax refunds.

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