(FOX40.COM) — A San Joaquin County woman was sentenced Thursday to 18 months in federal prison for preparing more than 1,000 fraudulent tax returns that defrauded the Internal Revenue Service of over $1.2 million.
According to the Department of Justice, Amy Evangelista, 60, of Lathrop, was convicted of two counts of aiding or assisting in the preparation of false tax returns. Officials said Evangelista falsified clients’ tax filings from 2017 through 2020 by creating fake businesses and reporting false income and expenses to inflate refunds without her clients’ knowledge.
In total, DOJ said that she helped file about 1,087 fraudulent returns, causing a loss of approximately $1.23 million to the IRS…