March 3, 2022 – SAN DIEGO – Two former tax preparers based in El Cajon pleaded guilty in federal court on Wednesday to their involvement in a tax return scam that resulted in the filing of hundreds of false returns.
In a hearing before U.S. District Judge Gonzalo P. Curiel, Mimi Bozzo, also known as Mimi Morrison, and Vincent Bozzo, admitted their involvement in a conspiracy to defraud the United States by aiding and assisting the filing of false income tax returns. Mimi and Vincent Bozzo admitted they previously owned and operated a tax return preparation business in El Cajon under various business names, including “All Pro Services” and “A to Z Tax Preparation,” that solicited taxpayers by passing out flyers and business cards at local welfare offices, homeless shelters, and trolley stations.
The Bozzos additionally admitted that from January 2014 through April 2018, they knowingly prepared and filed several hundred federal income tax returns that contained false Schedule C business income and expenses, resulting in fraudulently inflated tax credits and refunds. Specifically, the Bozzos encouraged taxpayers to create false receipts for income and expenses, and then prepared and submitted tax returns based on these false receipts. In total, the false returns prepared and filed by Vincent and Mimi Bozzo caused the IRS to disperse refunds to taxpayers with losses over $225,000 and $540,000 respectively
“Tax fraud continues to be a growing…