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$600K Fraud: CT Tax Preparer Gets Prison Time For Including Fake Expenses In Returns
A Connecticut man will spend years in prison for including false expenses on income tax returns for clients, federal officials announced.
David Etienne, a 49-year-old New London County tax return preparer based in Norwich, was sentenced to two years in prison on Wednesday, Jan. 17 for a tax fraud offense, the US Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut announced.
According to federal officials, Etienne worked through several businesses, including Los Maestros Inc., Los Maestros Group, Tax Experts USA, and Tax Experts USA Inc. Between the 2012 and 2021 tax…
CT Man Gets Prison Time For Tax Evasion: Ordered To Pay Over $160K To IRS
A 61-year-old Connecticut man will spend time in prison for filing a false tax return and providing false documentation to an Internal Revenue Service attorney, federal officials announced.
Tolland County resident David Kamal, age 61, of Stafford, was sentenced on Monday, Sept. 11 to eight months in prison for tax evasion, the US Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut announced.
Earlier Report - CT Man Charged With Tax Fraud, Obstruction, ID Theft Offenses
According to federal officials, Kamal, a former Hebron resident, purposefully evaded taxes for the 2012 tax…
CT Tax Preparer Helped Falsify Dozens Of Clients' Returns: Feds
A Connecticut tax preparer is out on bond after a federal court charged him with more than two dozen counts of helping his client falsify tax returns over several years, authorities announced on Tuesday, Jan. 31.
David Etienne, age 48, pleaded not guilty to 25 counts of tax fraud on Monday and was released on a $100,000 bond, the US Attorney for Connecticut announced.
From 2015 through 2019, Etienne ran tax preparation services at Los Maestros Inc, Los Maestros Group, Tax Experts USA, and Tax Experts USA Inc. Prosecutors alleged he helped clients prepare numerous federal ta…
Fairfield County Tax Return Preparer Admits To Fraud
A Fairfield County tax preparer has admitted to a charge related to claiming false deductions in clients' tax returns.
Torise Baker, age 38, of Bridgeport, pleaded guilty on Monday, March 21, to one count of aiding and assisting in the preparation and presentation of false and fraudulent income tax returns, according to Leonard Boyle, United States attorney for the District of Connecticut.
From the 2014 through 2016 tax years, Baker prepared about 3,600 federal tax returns for clients through her 101 Things 2 Do, LLC business in Bridgeport, the US Attorney's Office said.
Boyle sa…
CT Man Charged With Tax Fraud, Obstruction, ID Theft Offenses
A Connecticut man is facing a host of federal charges for alleged tax fraud, obstruction, and identity theft offenses, officials announced.
Tolland County resident David Kamal, age 60, of Stafford, formerly of Hebron, was charged in an 11-count indictment and will face years in prison if found guilty, US Attorney Leonard Boyle announced.
Specifically, Kamal was charged with:
Two counts of tax evasion;
Four counts of filing a false tax return;
Obstruction;
Four counts of unlawful use of a means of identification.
It is alleged that Kamal evaded taxes for the 2012 and 2013 tax years by fil…
Former Tax Preparer In Area Sentenced, Ordered To Pay $550K Restitution
A former tax preparer in the area will spend time in prison after allegedly stealing $550,000 from the IRS through an elaborate scam.
Devon Williams, 30, a former tax preparer in New Haven now living in Atlanta, was sentenced in New Haven district court to eight months in prison, followed by a year of supervised release, for preparing false tax returns.
In addition to his prison sentence, Williams was also ordered to pay restitution of $550,000.
U.S. Attorney John Durham said that Williams formerly owned and operated Perfect Preparers, LLC, a tax preparation business based in New Haven.&nb…
CT Man Sentenced, Must Pay Back $400K For Preparing False Returns
A former tax preparer in Connecticut is heading to prison and must pay back more than $400,000 for preparing false tax returns and underpaying his own federal taxes.
Waterbury resident Michael Mir, 41, was sentenced to 20 months in federal prison following a four-year scheme through a tax preparation practice he operated in his hometown.
From 2012 through 2015, Mir prepared more than 3,300 federal tax returns, John Durham, the United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, stated when announcing his sentence this week. During that time, Mir falsified information on numerous returns…
