A former New Britain tax preparer has been indicted on 37 counts of federal tax fraud for filing false returns on behalf of clients and herself over four years, federal authorities allege. A federal grand jury in New Haven on Wednesday returned the indictment against 36-year-old Jessly Guzman, of Hughestown, Pennsylvania, who previously lived in […]
A former New Britain tax preparer has been indicted on 37 counts of federal tax fraud for filing false returns on behalf of clients and herself over four years, federal authorities allege.
A federal grand jury in New Haven on Wednesday returned the indictment against 36-year-old Jessly Guzman, of Hughestown, Pennsylvania, who previously lived in New Britain.
U.S. Attorney David X. Sullivan and IRS Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Thomas Demeo announced the charges Thursday.
Guzman operated Jacky’s Multiservices LLC, a New Britain-based tax preparation business. According to the indictment, from 2019 to 2022, she allegedly falsified tax returns to reduce her clients’ tax liability, inflate refunds or increase tax credits.
On some returns, authorities say she fabricated W-2 forms that falsely identified clients as employees of Molina and Family Construction LLC, a purported construction company in New London that she founded.
The fraudulent W-2s included fictitious wages and federal income tax withholdings, which Guzman filed with the Social Security Administration and the IRS, according to authorities.
In addition to the fabricated W-2s, prosecutors allege Guzman also filed false Schedule C forms reporting fictitious business expenses and losses, a false Schedule E reporting rental property expenses and losses, and false education expenses, education credits and child and dependent care expenses for some clients.
The indictment further alleges she prepared and filed false returns for herself and her spouse, claiming wages from the construction company and federal tax withholdings.
The 37-count indictment charges Guzman with 33 counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation of a false income tax return and four counts of making and subscribing a false income tax return — each carrying a maximum three-year prison sentence.
Her arraignment is pending.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Peter S. Jongbloed.
