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Five years in prison for Cedar Falls preparer
February 26, 2009
A woman who prepared taxes for Bosnian immigrants out of a Cedar Falls, Iowa hotel room in 2003 has been assigned a longer-term lease. Angelique Tinder was sentenced to 63 months years in prison Tuesday after being convicted of 31 counts of preparing false tax returns. She was released to report to prison as directed by the U.S. Marshal's office.
The U.S. Attorney press release on her conviction described her business this way:
TINDER traveled to Waterloo, Iowa in May 2003 and set up business in a hotel. She conducted cursory interviews of her clients’ originally filed tax returns for 2000, 2001, and 2002. She usually spent no more than 15 or 20 minutes for the preparation and signing of up to three amended returns for each client. She charged $35 or $40 for each return she prepared. She also advised her clients they could sign amended returns for other family members not present.TINDER prepared over 2100 amended returns and filed approximately 1700 returns with the Internal Revenue Service. An additional 400 amended returns were seized in a search of a hotel conference room in Johnston, Iowa, where TINDER was conducting her business in June 2003. All of the more than 2100 returns she prepared claimed an additional tax refund.
15-20 minutes to prepare returns? And every one of 2100+ returns had a refund? You can see why she was popular, which will be scant consolation where she is headed. She was certainly efficient, but sometimes efficiency isn't everything.
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This lady used to work out of an office in Houston TX going by the name Veronica Belamy. Most of her clients were Bosnian Immigrants as well. My co worker had her prepare her taxes, and ended up paying back $4,500 to the IRS because Mrs. Belamy or Mrs. Tinder statet that she donated $10,000 to a church. Also people would never get the ammount she would tell them they wuould get back. Im just glad that she's finally behind bars.
Posted by: annonymous | February 28, 2009 1:21 AM
Me and my dad did taxes with this witch, and she owes us $400 for her false tax service. I hope we can get our money back. For this kind of fraud anybody should be considered country's enemy.
Posted by: bobster | March 10, 2009 9:29 PM