A Vancouver man who’s dealing with an tried homicide cost in Clark County was arrested Tuesday on federal fraud costs in connection along with his native tax preparation enterprise.
Keith M. Altamirano, 52, was scheduled to seem Wednesday afternoon in U.S. District Court docket in Tacoma on an indictment for 16 counts of aiding and helping within the preparation of false and fraudulent returns. The U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace mentioned he was arrested late Tuesday.
Altamirano was out of custody after posting bond in his Clark County Superior Court docket case. Altamirano has pleaded not responsible in that case to first-degree tried homicide, hit-and-run leading to damage, possession of cocaine with intent to ship and possession of fentanyl with intent to ship. He’s accused of deliberately crashing his automotive into the motorbike his son was driving, touchdown his son within the hospital.
Altamirano operated Integrity Investments, generally known as Servicios Latinos. The U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace mentioned between 2017 and 2021, Altamirano ready greater than 12,000 tax returns, and his fraudulent practices amounted to $5 million in tax loss to the U.S. Treasury.
The federal indictment accuses Altamirano of constructing false claims on purchasers’ earnings tax submissions, together with itemizing pretend medical bills, charitable donations and expense deductions. It says Altamirano used whiteout to hide his title on his purchasers’ returns.
