68-Year-Old Louisiana Tax Preparer Sentenced for Aiding in Filing Multiple False Tax Returns 

New Orleans, Louisiana – On Wednesday, February 8, 2023, U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that Cynthia Bowley, age 68, of Meraux, Louisiana was sentenced on February 7, 2023, after pleading guilty to aiding and assisting in the filing of false tax returns, a violation of Title 26, United States Code, Section 7206(2).

Bowley, according to court documents, was a tax preparer who willfully caused at least ten of her clients to file false income tax returns. Bowley created false business losses on Schedule C (Profit or Loss from Business) and false charitable contributions on Schedule A (Itemized Deductions) to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”), resulting in a reduction of her client’s tax liability and a tax loss to the United States. Bowley also provided her clients with false Schedules E (Supplemental Income and Loss) and filing statuses. Bowley caused a total tax loss to the United States of $251,257.00 from 2013 to 2018.

Bowley was sentenced to three years of probation and a $100 mandatory special assessment by U.S. District Judge Jay C. Zainey. Bowley was also ordered by Judge Zainey to pay the IRS $251,257.00 in restitution.

The work of the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigations was lauded by U.S. Attorney Evans. Assistant United States Attorney Brandon S. Long is in charge of the prosecution in this case.​