Claudia Carredano, Tax Fraud and Identity Theft, Massachusetts 2016

Boston Tax Preparer Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud and Identity Theft

BOSTON, MA – In a shocking case of greed, Claudia Carredano, 46, pleaded guilty to a scheme to file fraudulent tax returns without her clients’ knowledge and pocket the excess refunds.

Claudia Carredano, co-owner of Maya Multi Services, a tax return preparation business operating on the North Shore, devised and executed a scheme to defraud the Internal Revenue Service by filing false tax returns on behalf of her clients between 2008 and 2011.

Carredano filed dozens of false tax returns for her clients, including fraudulent dependents to increase the refund amount. She then directed the inflated portion of the refunds to be deposited into her bank account. To conceal the scheme, Carredano gave her clients versions of their tax returns which did not reflect the fraudulent dependents and sought smaller refunds than the returns she actually filed with the IRS.

The charge of wire fraud provides for a sentence of no greater than 20 years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of $250,000 or twice the gross gain to the defendant or loss to the victims, whichever is greater. The charge of identity theft provides for a sentence of no greater than 15 years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of $250,000 or twice the gross gain to the defendant or loss to the victims, whichever is greater.

U.S. District Court Judge George A. O’Toole, Jr. scheduled sentencing for June 23, 2016. If you were one of Carredano’s clients between 2008 and 2011 and believe you may have been affected by the fraud described above, please send an email to: usama.victimassistance@doj.gov.

United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz and Manny J. Muriel, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation in Boston, made the announcement today. The case was investigated with the cooperation of the Massachusetts Department of Revenue. This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Brian A. Pérez-Daple of Ortiz’s Economic Crimes Unit.

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