The Brief
- Houston florist pleads guilty: Blooming Gallery owner Le Hao Tran admitted filing a false 2022 tax return after underreporting business income.
- Millions concealed: Prosecutors said Tran hid income between 2019 and 2022, including cashing customer checks and failing to record deposits.
- Sentencing set: Tran has repaid more than $1.39 million in restitution and faces up to three years in federal prison at her Sept. 11 sentencing.
HOUSTON – Houston-based luxury florist Le Hao Tran has pleaded guilty to filing a false federal tax return after admitting she concealed millions of dollars in business income from the Internal Revenue Service, Acting U.S. Attorney John G.E. Marck announced.
Houston florist pleads guilty to false tax return
What we know:
Tran owned and operated Blooming Gallery LLC, a Houston floral business that provided high-end floral services for weddings, corporate events and other upscale gatherings. She also owned HTX Rental and Delivery Service LLC, which supported those operations.
According to court records, Tran failed to report all of the income generated by her businesses during the 2019 through 2022 tax years. Prosecutors said she diverted customer payments by taking checks to check-cashing businesses and, in some cases, deposited checks into bank accounts without recording them in her companies’ books and records.…