From Charleston Daily Mail:

A Charleston, S.C., firm that claimed to offer people help settling their tax debt has agreed to change its advertising and pay $1.5 million in restitution under a settlement with attorneys general in 18 states, including West Virginia, officials announced.

Attorney General Martha Coakley of Massachusetts and 17 other state attorneys general entered into a consent judgment with JK Harris and Company LLC and its president, John K. Harris, Coakley’s office said Thursday in a statement.

“This company took advantage of people who paid for tax assistance and, in some instances, profited by taking their money and not giving them any help at all,” Attorney General Coakley said in the statement. “This agreement will ensure that this firm is honest with its clients and provides refunds if they are unable to assist them.”

In a statement, JK Harris denied any wrongdoing and said it entered into the agreement for the betterment of its industry.

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