Doreen A. Gentile, Tax Refund Embezzlement, New Jersey 2024

A Toms River woman was sentenced to 37 months in prison for swindling her clients out of their tax refunds through her accounting business, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced today.

Doreen Gentile, 62, owned and operated her accounting business, Doreen A. Gentile & Associates, LLC (DAG & Associates), out of her home in Toms River. Gentile admitted to preparing a second set of tax returns, signed without her clients’ permission, that she submitted to the IRS or the State of New Jersey for the full tax refund.

According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court, Gentile would show her clients a tax return that indicated they had no tax or refund due, owed a minimal amount of tax, or were due a refund that was far less than the amount to which they were entitled. The IRS or the State of New Jersey then issued tax refund checks care of DAG & Associates and mailed them to the DAG & Associates post office box in Toms River.

Gentile then deposited the tax refund checks into the DAG & Associates bank account without her clients’ permission, using the funds to pay for personal expenses. From 2006 through 2009, Gentile also failed to report to the IRS all of her income generated from DAG & Associates, including funds she stole as part of her refund scheme, resulting in tax losses of approximately $188,811.

In addition to the prison term, Gentile must serve three years of supervised release and pay restitution of $1,863,013. U.S. Attorney Fishman credited special agents of IRS – Criminal Investigation, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Jonathan D. Larsen, and special agents of the Social Security Administration, Office of Inspector General, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Edward J. Ryan, for the investigation leading to today’s sentencing.

The government is represented by Senior Litigation Counsel Jason M. Richardson of the U.S. Attorney’s Office Criminal Division in Camden. Defense counsel for Gentile is Christopher O’Malley Esq., also from Camden.

Gentile pleaded guilty to Count 2 and Count 27 of an indictment, charging her with mail fraud and filing a false income tax return. U.S. District Judge Joseph H. Rodriguez imposed the sentence today in Camden federal court.

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