TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) — A Tucson man was sentenced to 30 months in prison for filing false tax returns, the U.S. Department of Justice announced on Dec. 3.
Nour Abubakr Nour, 34, pleaded guilty on Dec. 21, 2023, to aiding in the preparation and presentation of false tax returns.
Nour operated Skyman Tax, LLC, a tax preparation business in Tucson, where he filed at least 27 fraudulent federal income tax returns for clients between 2016 and 2018.
According to the DOJ, Nour falsely reported business income on the tax returns to inflate clients’ refunds. He then used the inflated refunds to pay himself large fees for his services. Nour’s clients were unaware that the returns were fraudulent.
In addition to his prison sentence, Nour was ordered to pay $150,154 in restitution to the U.S. Treasury for the false refunds.