By Stephen Underwood
Hartford Courant
(TNS)
A former Connecticut tax preparer has pleaded guilty to tax fraud after failing to pay over $400,000 to the IRS, officials said.
Diana Miller-Lloyd, also known as “Diana Rabin” and “Diana Lloyd,” 44, of Jacksonville, Florida, pleaded guilty in Hartford federal court to aiding in the preparation of false tax returns, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Connecticut.
According to officials, Miller-Lloyd formerly lived in Middlefield and operated the tax return preparation business Lloyd Forenzique & Accounting Services Corporation. She established the business in 2017 in Windsor and subsequently moved it to Branford in 2019 and to Guilford in 2021.
“Before 2017, Miller-Lloyd provided tax preparation services under the business name Lloyd Forensic & Accounting Services. Miller-Lloyd routinely obtained substantial federal tax refunds for her clients, many of whom had annual incomes exceeding $500,000, by disregarding information provided by the clients and their employers, and by fabricating and improperly deducting charitable contributions and business expenses, including advertising, repairs and maintenance, travel, meals, utilities, insurance, and legal services,” according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
From 2016 through 2021, officials say Miller-Lloyd attempted to obtain for her clients over $1 million in either fraudulent refunds or fraudulent reductions on owed tax payments. The IRS detected the fraudulent activity on several of the filed returns before refund monies were paid, resulting in an actual loss to the government of $472,913. Officials also say that Miller-Lloyd used the professional credentials of another certified public accountant to defend filed returns when audited by the IRS.
Miller-Lloyd pleaded guilty on Oct. 1, to two counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation of false and fraudulent income tax returns, which carries a maximum term of three years in prison on each count. She is released on a $25,000 bond and her sentencing is scheduled for Feb. 23.
Miller-Lloyd has agreed to pay back the IRS the full amount of $472,913.
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