The Alleged Scheme at CashBack Tax Service

Three Las Vegas tax preparers face federal charges after a grand jury accused them of conspiring to defraud the United States and willfully filing false tax returns for clients. Jadee Glover, who owned CashBack Tax Service, along with employees Julia Brainerd and Shamoya Perkins, allegedly ran a scheme that invented entirely fictitious businesses or inflated revenue and expenses for real ones. The aim: generate tax credits—and big refunds—that clients did not deserve.

The trio allegedly took particular advantage of pandemic-era relief by reporting that clients missed work because they had contracted COVID‑19 or were caring for someone who did, triggering special tax credits. The returns then claimed large refunds, a slice of which went to CashBack Tax Service as preparation fees. Brainerd and Perkins separately ran their own Las Vegas tax shops—Royalty Tax Services and Jewels Tax Services—and are accused of filing similar false returns there as well.

Each defendant faces up to five years in prison for conspiracy and three years per count of aiding and assisting in the preparation of a false return, plus restitution and fines. Actual sentences, if they are convicted, will be set by a federal judge based on sentencing guidelines. All three are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.

DOJ’s New Fraud Division in Action

DOJ Ramps Up Tax Fraud Enforcement

The indictment marks one of the first public moves by the Justice Department’s newly created National Fraud Enforcement Division, launched on April 7 with a mandate to target fraud against American taxpayers. Assistant Attorney General Colin McDonald, who leads the division, and Nevada’s First Assistant U.S. Attorney Sigal Chattah jointly announced the case. The division operates under the umbrella of President Trump’s Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, chaired by Vice President J.D. Vance, signaling a whole‑of‑government push to claw back pandemic-related and other benefit fraud.