Joshlyn Raye, Tax Evasion and Filing False Tax Returns, New Jersey 2024

A Hackensack, New Jersey tax preparer has been sentenced to 36 months in prison for her role in tax evasion and filing false tax returns, the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced today.

Joshlyn Raye, 49, of Elmwood Park, previously pleaded guilty to one count of aiding and assisting in the preparation of a false and fraudulent tax return, one count of tax evasion, and one count of filing a false declaration under penalty of perjury concerning a quarterly tax return on behalf of her tax return business, JB Tax Services.

Between March 2010 and September 2023, Raye was the owner of JB Tax Services, a tax return preparation business located in Hackensack. She knowingly and willfully evaded her personal income taxes over three of those years; filed 177 false tax returns on behalf of her clients; and filed three false quarterly employment tax returns on behalf of her tax return preparation business. Raye used fabricated and inflated figures, including expenses and itemized deductions.

The sentencing was handed down by U.S. District Judge Esther Salas in Newark federal court. In addition to the 36-month prison term, Judge Salas sentenced Raye to 3 years of supervised release and ordered her to pay $1,109,214.10 in restitution.

The investigation into Raye’s activities was led by members of the IRS-Criminal Investigation, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Jenifer Piovesan, and members of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Office of Internal Affairs, under the direction of Director Brian Hickey.

The government was represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Benjamin Levin, Chief of the OCDETF/Narcotics Unit in Newark. Defense counsel for Raye was Richard J. Sapinski, Esq.

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