Union County Tax Preparer Sentenced To Prison For Tax Fraud

UNION, NJ — The owner and operator of Full Spectrum Consulting LLC in Union has been sentenced to 16 months in prison for preparing fraudulent income tax returns on behalf of her clients, causing losses of more than $320,000.

Toni Ciullo, 43, of Union was sentenced on Jan. 14 to 16 months in prison, one year of supervised release and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $322,537 , IRS Special Agent Robert Glantz said.

She previously pleaded guilty in April 2018 before U.S. District Judge Esther Salas in Newark federal court to one count of aiding and assisting others in the preparation of false and fraudulent tax returns.

For tax years 2010 through 2014, Ciullo would increase claimed losses and credits for certain businesses, increase her clients' unreimbursed employee expenses and medical and dental costs, and create fictitious businesses, all so her clients would receive higher refunds than those to which they were actually entitled, according to documents filed in this case and statements made in court.

Ciullo admitted that the bogus returns resulted in a tax loss to the government of approximately $322,537, according to the report.

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