Special to the Advance CORPUS CHRISTI — A local tax preparer has admitted to preparing false and fraudulent tax returns on behalf of Texas taxpayers, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.Berlinda Luikens was the owner and operator of a tax preparation business known as the Tax Company in Corpus Christi.Luikens admitted that between 2016 and 2020, she filed false and fraudulent tax returns for taxpayers. In those fraudulent returns, Luikens knowingly reported false business and farming losses and false charitable deductions in amounts she knew the taxpayers were not entitled to claim.The fraudulent tax returns resulted in a loss of ...