A tax return preparer from Fairfield County was sentenced for filing fraudulent tax returns on behalf of several of her clients. The crimes were committed using the customers’ personal information.
According to statements made by Vanessa Roberts Avery, the United States attorney for the District of Connecticut, Tories Baker, age 39, of Bridgeport was sentenced on Tuesday, August 2 to three months in prison followed by one year of supervised release. Baker was found to be guilty of participating in a criminal conspiracy to commit bank and wire fraud.
According to Avery, she pleaded guilty to one count of aiding and assisting in the preparation and presentation of false and fraudulent income tax returns on March 21.
In addition to this, it has been reported that the Internal Revenue Service issued Baker an order requiring him to make a payment of restitution to them for $112,956.
The announcement included a statement to this effect. If her customers are successful in settling their tax debts with the Internal Revenue Service, then this total may be able to go down, which would be good news for her.
According to Avery, she was the owner and operator of a company in Bridgeport known as 101 Things 2 Do, LLC, where she prepared approximately 3,600 tax returns for clients during the tax years 2014 through 2016.
During that period, the company served clients from the tax years 2014 through 2016. These returns included those submitted by individuals as well as those submitted by businesses.
According to Avery, a significant portion of the tax returns incorrectly claimed deductions, including those for charitable contributions and the costs associated with tax preparation.
According to the report that was compiled by the United States Attorney’s Office, Baker met with a federal agent in April 2016 who was pretending to be a customer for the purposes of an undercover operation.
The meeting took place at a coffee shop. During the meeting, the agent admitted to Baker that they did not make any donations to charitable organizations and offered no information about any legal deductions that might be available. In addition, the agent did not provide any information about any tax credits that might be applicable.
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According to the report, on the tax return that Baker filed for the undercover agent, she included deductions totalling $5,520 for charitable gifts, $2,105 for parking fees, tolls, and transportation, and $2,660 for uniforms and protective clothing.
These expenses amounted to a combined total of $2,660. In addition, Baker took a deduction of $2,105 for the costs of parking, tolls, and transportation. All of these deductions were included in the tax return that was submitted by the agent working undercover.
According to Avery, Baker did not comply with the requirement that she file her own federal tax returns for the years 2015 and 2016, even though she was required to do so by law.
Even though Baker had income during both of those tax years, this situation still manifested itself.
