Naugatuck Tax Preparer Indicted For Filing False Returns: Feds

NAUGATUCK, CT — Ana Nunez, of Naugatuck, also known as Ana Pagoaga has been indicted by a federal grand jury with 12 counts of filing false tax returns, federal authorities announced in a news release Wednesday afternoon.

The indictment was returned on Dec. 6. Nunez appeared yesterday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Sarah A. L. Merriam in New Haven and entered a plea of not guilty to the charges.

As alleged in the indictment, Nunez owned and operated Nunez MultiServices, LLC, a tax return preparation service located in Naugatuck. From 2011 and continuing at least through 2016, Nunez falsified information on tax returns she prepared for clients and caused the returns to be filed with the Internal Revenue Service, federal officials said.

On the returns, Nunez routinely inflated income or created fictitious income; falsified expenses, including education and child care expenses, and falsified deductions, such as business mileage, officials said.

At times, without her clients’ knowledge, Nunez also falsely inflated information on her clients’ returns in order to increase their refunds and then directed the excess funds to an account she controlled, federal officials say.

If convicted, Nunez faces a maximum term of imprisonment of three years on each count. Nunez is released on a $150,000 bond. As part of the conditions of her release, she is prohibited from preparing or assisting in the preparation of tax returns except for herself or immediate family members, officials said.