Tax preparer pleads guilty in nearly $1 million fraud
April 1, 2021
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ST. LOUIS (AP) A St. Louis woman has pleaded guilty to running a tax fraud scheme that cost the federal government almost $1 million.
Tiffany McAllister, 44, pleaded guilty Wednesday to three counts of tax fraud, federal prosecutors said in a news release.
She admitted that she created two fake companies so she could file false tax returns for clients. She said she claimed income from the companies for herself and clients between Jan. 1, 2014, to Dec. 31, 2016.
She also prepared tax returns with wages and tax withholdings from other fake businesses, along with fraudulent self-employment business losses and educational expenses.
Competency test ordered for woman accused of killing son, 4
March 8, 2021
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NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) A Connecticut woman accused of killing her 4-year-old son was ordered detained on $2 million bail Monday and placed under suicide and mental health watches.
Tiffany Farrauto, 33, was arraigned via a video conference on charges of murder and risk of injury to a minor in New London Superior Court.
New London police said Farrauto told officers who were responding to a report of her damaging a vehicle with a baseball bat on Sunday that she had strangled her son. Officers found the boy unresponsive in Farrauto s apartment and tried to revive him, but he was pronounced dead shortly after arriving at a hospital.