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Date: Jan. 20, 2026
Contact: newsroom@ci.irs.gov
Brad D. Schimel, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on January 6, 2026, U.S. District Judge Brett Ludwig accepted the guilty plea of Cameron Summers to two counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns, in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 7206(2).
According to the information and plea agreement, Summers worked at a tax preparation business in Milwaukee beginning in 2018. From 2020 through 2022, he filed with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) over 400 individual income tax returns (Forms 1040) for clients, using his name, preparer tax identification number, and business name. Summers repeatedly used false items on clients’ tax returns to inflate refund amounts, including false business expenses, Sick and Family Leave Credits, Fuel Credits, and Educational Tax Credits. Summers made notations stating that he had “boosted” the refund amount on some returns, and told the IRS, Criminal Investigation Division, in an interview that he did everything he could to get a big refund, such as using whatever numbers were available and maximizing credits on the returns. The loss to the IRS totaled over $1.1 million.
Sentencing is scheduled for May 5, 2026, at 9:00 a.m., before Judge Ludwig. At sentencing, Summers faces up to three years in prison and up to a $250,000 fine on each count, as well as a term of supervised release after completing any period of imprisonment.
The IRS, Criminal Investigation Division, investigated the case, which Assistant U.S. Attorney John P. Scully is prosecuting.
IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) is the law enforcement arm of the IRS, responsible for conducting financial crime investigations, including tax fraud, narcotics trafficking, money laundering, public corruption, healthcare fraud, identity theft and more. IRS-CI special agents are the only federal law enforcement agents with investigative jurisdiction over violations of the Internal Revenue Code, obtaining a 90% federal conviction rate. The agency has 19 field offices located across the U.S. and 14 attaché posts abroad.