WASHINGTON, May 12 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:
DENVER - The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Colorado announces that Nancy Maldonado Alvarez, 43, a Mexican national, was convicted on 37 counts of aiding or assisting in the preparation of false tax returns for clients.
According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Alvarez owned and operated a tax preparation business in Denver that she used to prepare false tax returns claiming refunds her clients were not entitled to receive. Alvarez carried out her tax fraud scheme by fabricating business losses, often for non-existent businesses, and by seeking the paid sick...