Lizette Lathon, who ran three tax preparation services across Moreno Valley, pleaded guilty Nov. 22 to defrauding the government of $1 million through COVID-19 unemployment benefits.
Since 2014, Lathon ran Hardcore Taxes and Lathon Taxes in Moreno Valley and Miracle Tax Service on Los Angeles’ Miracle Mile. She used her former clients’ names, Social Security numbers and birth dates to apply for COVID-19 relief delivered to her and her husband, the complaint against her claimed. She filed 44 fraudulent claims to gain $998,630, the complaint claims.
She committed the fraud with her husband, Kenneth Lathon, whose plea deal was accepted Nov. 22. He also pleaded guilty to possessing an unserialized .22-caliber rifle
