Revere man charged with tax violations

REVERE – A Revere man is one of six Massachusetts residents charged with federal tax violations this month, the Department of Justice announced Thursday.Dennis Sentner, 55, of 105 Franklin Ave., Revere was charged April 9 with four counts of tax evasion and 21 counts aiding in the preparation of false tax returns.The indictment alleges Sentner, a former certified public accountant and tax preparer, evaded the payment of taxes from 2002 through 2005 and fraudulently prepared tax returns for clients by fabricating phony schedules and inflating itemized tax deductions.From 2002 to 2008, the suit alleges that Sentner cost the government millions by fraudulently preparing his clients’ tax returns, usually without their knowledge, resulting in higher refund payouts for many of his clients.In addition, the indictment alleges that Sentner generated over $940,000 in income that he failed to report to the IRS while doing business under the name Financial Protection Inc.The IRS is also claiming that Sentner prepared false returns for his wife, who owned and operated National Lenders Inc. out of Lynn, by leaving his own information off of her tax documents and listing her as head of the household.IRS special agents first served Sentner with a summons requesting tax documents from 1999-2006 in April of 2006, a demand that he ignored, refusing to turn over any business or financial records from his business.The lawsuit also alleges that when interviewed by the IRS in 2008, Sentner provided false information, claiming that his business did not make any money and carried all of its assets in his wife’s name.A warrant has been issued for Sentner’s arrest.