Arizona tax preparer gets 30 months in prison for filing false tax returns

PHOENIX — A Tucson man and former tax preparer was sentenced to 30 months in prison for filing false tax returns, authorities announced on Friday.

Nour Nour, 34, ran a tax return preparation business in Tucson, called “Skyman Tax, LLC,” where he filed fraudulent federal income tax returns for his customers. 

From 2016 to 2018, he filed no fewer than 27 fraudulent returns, authorities said.

Nour’s scheme worked by falsely claiming extra business income for his clients. His clients would then receive inflated returns, which Nour used to pay himself sizeable “tax return preparation fees.”

His clients did not know he was filing fraudulent tax returns for them, authorities said.

The 34-year-old will have to pay a fine of more than $150,000 to the United States Treasury for his actions.

The investigation was handled by IRS Criminal Investigation. The United States Attorney’s Office of Tucson managed the prosecution.

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