Tax Preparer Charged In $121K Fraud

Published on September 18, 2012, 7:46 pm
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The owner of a Mount Vernon accounting service has been arraigned in City Court on charges of filing false claims for unemployment insurance and state tax refunds in excess of $121,750, the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office announced.

In all, Chiara-Monai Hudson, 24, of Bronx, faces seven felony counts, including two  of grand larceny in the third degree, one of tax fraud in the fourth degree, one of attempted grand larceny in the third degree, one of grand larceny in the fourth degree and two of offering a false instrument for filing.

Hudson, the owner of Arlanna’s Accounting Services in Mount Vernon, a tax preparation firm, is due back in court October 17, 2014.

The charges involve fraudulent claims filed with the the New York State Department of Labor and the New York State Department of Taxation over a 26-month period from January 20, 2010, to March 22, 2012, Lucian Chalfin, spokesman for the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office, said.

 

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