Andrew Zepeda Hansack of Riverside was sentenced to six years and $3.37 million in restitution June 26, after pleading guilty to two counts of falsifying a tax return.
Hansack, through his company, AJ Loyal Income Tax Service on Jurupa Avenue and Magnolia Avenue, filed 2,533 falsified tax returns from 2015 to 2019 that claimed false deductions, prosecutors claimed.
After pleading guilty to the counts and being directed not to work in tax preparation, Hansack continued to file 1,625 tax returns, according to documents filed by both his attorney and prosecutors.
These filings were also fraudulent, and would result in approximately $720,000 in lost tax revenue, prosecutors said. Eight of