How did Manavalan’s business growth correlate with the fraud scheme?
SEATTLE — A Bellevue tax preparer who built his business by filing fraudulent tax returns for clients has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison.
Thanjavur Manavalan, 65, owner and operator of Mano Accounting Services, was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Seattle after a jury convicted him in March 2026 on three counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation and presentation of false tax returns, according to the U.S. Department of Justice for the Western District of Washington…