Preparing false tax returns

WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced today that a federal court has permanently barred two additional former employees of Preston Tax Services, Inc., from preparing federal tax returns. Chief Judge Sidney Fitzwater of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas signed injunctions permanently barring Ethel Washington of Dallas, Texas, and Jason Jeroski of Mesquite, Texas, from preparing tax returns. The court previously barred Jeroski’s and Washington’s former employer, Tina Preston, and her Dallas firm, Preston Tax Services, Inc., from preparing federal tax returns. The court also previously enjoined three other former Preston employees–Gayla Oladele, LaTavia Glover, and Tyrone Williams–from preparing tax returns.