Rocky Mount woman pleads guilty in $3.9M tax fraud scheme

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ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. (WITN) - A Rocky Mount woman pled guilty to aiding and assisting in preparing a false tax return, according to a United States Attorney’s Office press release.

From 2017 to 2023, the press release said 55-year-old Chowan Watson and Angela Dickens fraudulently filed hundreds of tax returns, resulting in a tax loss of about $3,900,000. The tax returns had false, inflated withholding amounts.

Dickens previously pled guilty. Watson and Dickens operated K&J Tax Service in Rocky Mount.

According to the United States Attorney’s Office, Watson could face up to 3 years in federal prison when sentenced later in the year.