East Lyme Business Owner Sentenced for Tax Offense

David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that ANALIA MOUNTZOURES, 49, of East Lyme, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to three years of probation for a tax offense.

According to court documents and statements made in court, Mountzoures operated Mountzoures Cleaning, a business with approximately 10 employees that provided cleaning services to more than 200 commercial and residential clients in southeastern Connecticut.  During the 2018 through 2023 tax years, Mountzoures often paid her employees in cash, did not report their wages to the state or federal government, did not file required IRS forms related to her employees, did not issue W-2 forms, did not withhold employee taxes as required, and did not pay federal employment taxes and withholding.  She also provided her tax return preparer with false information that resulted in personal tax returns that significantly underreported her gross receipts, income, and taxes due and owing.

As an example, Mountzoures’ 2023 tax return reported gross receipts of $12,095 and total taxes before credits as $1,450.  In fact, Mountzoures’ gross receipts were approximately $628,072 and the tax due was approximately $96,650.

Judge Dooley ordered Mountzoures to pay restitution of $380,167.60 to the IRS.

On April 23, 2025, Mountzoures pleaded guilty to aiding and assisting a false tax return.

This investigation was conducted by the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Division.  The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Christopher W. Schmeisser.