Jul 15, 2018

Wilmington psychic's future: 1 year and 1 day in prison

Esteban Parra
Delaware News Journal
July 13, 2018

A Wilmington psychic reader busted for filing false tax returns was read her future: one year and a day in prison.

Forty-year-old Candy Miller, whose business was located on Concord Pike, was sentenced Thursday on charges she filed false tax returns for the years 2010, 2011 and 2012, under reporting her total income by more than $1 million.

The unreported income was received from her clients, who were told by Miller that she was removing the negativity from their lives by anonymously donating their money to charities she had selected.

"In fact, Miller made no donations and spent all the money on personal expenses," said Kim Reeves, a spokeswoman with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Wilmington. "The offense resulted in a total tax loss of $337,430."

Prosecutors presented an example in which a client of Miller's, whose annual income was about $5 million, gave more than $1.1 million to the psychic. This came after the client reported family- and business-related problems to Miller.

Following Thursday's sentencing, U.S. Attorney David C. Weiss said Miller's unreported income came from unwitting customers whom she had duped.

"My office will continue to fight against abuse of our tax system and to seek sentences that serve to act as deterrents to would-be tax cheats and those who defraud the public," Weiss said.

"We should not forget that the ultimate victims in tax fraud cases are the people of the United States; those honest taxpayers who diligently file and pay their taxes each year," said IRS Criminal Investigation Special Agent-in-Charge Guy Ficco. "Miller’s sentence is a reminder that IRS-CI is working to make sure that all taxpayers file and pay their fair share of taxes."

https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/crime/2018/07/13/wilmington-psychics-future-1-year-and-1-day-prison/782981002/

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