If you think your tax refund is “too good to be true,” you might be riding a shotgun in a scam without even knowing it. Just ask the 1,000+ clients of Chicago-area tax preparer Aida Villanueva, whose operation looked legit, but under the hood,...
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Chicago Tax Preparer Pleads Guilty to Filing Fake Returns
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Chicago-based tax preparer, Aida Villanueva, pleaded guilty to preparing hundreds of fraudulent tax returns between 2018 and 2021, causing nearly $902,000 in tax losses. As owner of Ultimate Tax Services, Villanueva used unethical tactics like inflating expenses and misusing credits to increase refunds, some of which were redirected to her own accounts, and now potentially leaves her clients facing audits and repayments.
If you think your tax refund is “too good to be true,” you might be riding a shotgun in a scam without even knowing it. Just ask the 1,000+ clients of Chicago-area tax preparer Aida Villanueva, whose operation looked legit, but under the hood,...
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