SAN FRANCISCO, California — A federal grand jury has indicted a San Francisco woman on charges of tax evasion and filing false tax returns for the years 2019 through 2022.
Elsie Eclevia Curameng, a 68-year-old resident of San Francisco, is accused of evading taxes on at least $1.5 million of unreported income, according to the indictment filed on April 7, 2026, and unsealed today. From 2008 through 2022, Curameng worked as an in-home caregiver for a client, identified as G.C., managing the client’s finances and paying herself and other caregivers. Between 2019 and 2022, Curameng allegedly received over $2.2 million in checks from G.C., with $1.5 million noted as payments for nursing services and vacation pay, which she deposited into her personal accounts.
Curameng filed tax returns for the years in question but did not report the income from her services to G.C., resulting in additional taxes owed, according to the United States Attorney Craig H. Missakian and Linda Nguyen, Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation – Oakland Field Office. For 2019 and 2020, Curameng filed two false tax returns omitting this income…