ST. LOUIS – A tax preparer in St. Louis was sentenced to prison on Wednesday after filing $2.5 million in false tax returns.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Eastern District of Missouri, Robert Droege, 59, pleaded guilty in June to four counts of aiding in the preparation of fraudulent tax returns and preparation of at least 34 false returns.
Droege had worked out of his home office, Bob’s Tax Service, in the 6500 block of Morganford Road in the city’s Holly Hills neighborhood.
Reportedly, he prepared returns for clients with false information regarding medical expenses, charitable contributions, personal property rental expenses, and other deductions. Allegedly, Droege had caused a total loss to the Internal Revenue Service of an estimated $2.5 million.
A U.S. District judge sentenced Droege to 46 months in prison.