A Jefferson City tax preparer was sentenced in federal court Tuesday for filing false tax returns for himself and others.
Josiah Mator Jr., 41, was sentenced to two years and nine months in federal prison without parole. U.S. District Judge Roseann Ketchmark also ordered Mator to pay a $1,000 fine and $200,292 in restitution to the federal government and the state of Missouri.
On June 23, 2022, Mator was convicted at trial of two counts of filing false federal income tax returns.
Mator, a U.S. citizen who moved from Liberia in 2001, prepared and electronically filed tax returns for individuals in the Liberian community and other friends and acquaintances for tax years 2010-15. Mator did not have a registered tax preparation business, but used Express 1040 software to prepare his clients' tax returns from his home.
According to court documents, individuals received substantial refunds they were not legally eligible to receive in 53 fraudulent claims related to the scheme. Matro's criminal conduct resulted in a federal and state tax loss of $200,292.
Mator was found guilty of filing a false federal income tax return for his own 2015 income. He claimed his adjusted gross income in 2015 was $16,552, and his taxable income was zero, knowing that he did not include the business income from his tax preparation service.
He also was found guilty of filing a false federal income tax return for individuals identified as "I.A." and "L.A." The fraudulent return reported $16,000 in...
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