From the U.S. Attorney's OfficeTYLER, Texas - A Longview man and woman have pleaded guilty to federal violations related to falsified tax returns in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs.

Antwon Pierre Sadler, 41, and Raegan Samone Hagler, 29, both of Longview, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to aid or assist in tax fraud before U.S. Magistrate Judge K. Nicole Mitchell on September 23, 2026. According to information presented in court, Sadler and Hagler worked at a tax preparer business owned by Marneitha Scott and operated under the name of F.A.S.T. Financial Firm ("FAST") with two locations in Longview.

Scott, Hagler, and Sadler devised a scheme to defraud the United States by creating and instructing other tax preparers to create fraudulent entries on client tax returns, including claims for business losses when the client had no business.