U.S. ATTORNEY
A 44-year-old Phoenix man is scheduled for sentencing Dec. 7 after being convicted on 20 counts in a tax scheme that defrauded the federal government of $900,000, authorities said.
Pacifique Kashosi was convicted by a federal jury on Sept. 25 on two counts of subscribing and filing a false tax return and 18 counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation and filing of false tax returns, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Arizona district.
Kashosi faces a maximum penalty of three years in prison and a maximum fine of $250,000 for each count.
