Anne Bonilla, a 53-year-old New Jersey tax preparer known as “Anne Davinovish,” has been indicted on 16 criminal counts for allegedly using false information to inflate client tax refunds and fraudulently obtaining funds through Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL). The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey announced the indictment, which includes 13 counts of preparing and filing false tax returns, one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and two counts of wire fraud.
Bonilla, who operates Anne Accounting Services Inc., is accused of preparing at least 46 fraudulent tax returns for clients by falsely inflating expenses, which resulted in improper payments totaling approximately $340,000. Additionally, Bonilla is alleged to have worked with a co-conspirator to obtain a fraudulent Employer Identification Number (EIN) and Electronic Filer Identification Number (EFIN), leading to more than $790,000 in improperly obtained refunds.
The indictment also alleges that Bonilla, along with a conspirator, submitted two fraudulent EIDL applications in 2020, receiving $110,000 and $131,200, respectively. Investigators later traced the second application back to Bonilla.
In addition to tax and EIDL fraud, Bonilla is accused of providing altered bank statements to a lender for a real estate purchase in Florida.
Bonilla was arraigned before U.S. Magistrate Judge Cathy L. Waldor in Newark federal court, where she pleaded not guilty to all charges. The defendant is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.
