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Kathleen Kozinski, a Jupiter trust and estate attorney, has pleaded guilty to filing false personal income tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
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Kathleen Kozinski, a Jupiter trust and estate attorney, has pleaded guilty to filing false personal income tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

According to court documents, Kozinski failed to report all of her income on her individual Form 1040 tax returns for tax years 2007 through 2012, resulting in an underreported amount of $923,695. Kozinski’s plea agreement requires her to pay the entire amount in restitution to the IRS.

Kozinski was charged with two counts of filing a false tax return, in violation of Title 26, United States Code, Section 7206(1), for tax years 2008 and 2011. She faces up to three years in prison per count of conviction.

As part of her solo estate planning and probate practice, Kathleen G. Kozinski, PA, located in Jupiter, Florida, Kozinski failed to report all of the gross receipts from her law practice on her Form 1120S, Income Tax Return for an S Corporation.

Kozinski also falsely claimed mortgage write-off losses, farming losses, and home office expenses on her tax returns, totaling $289,039. These deductions were not legitimate and were made in an attempt to reduce her tax liability.

The investigation was conducted by the IRS-CI, and the case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Aurora Fagan. Kozinski is scheduled to be sentenced before United States District Judge Robin L. Rosenberg in West Palm Beach on October 7, 2016, at 11:00 a.m.

Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, commended the investigative efforts of IRS-CI in this case. The District Court for the Southern District of Florida has more information on this case available on their website at www.flsd.uscourts.gov and http://pacer.flsd.uscourts.gov.