She has been ordered to served 144 months in federal prison and pay restitution of $71,780.

Kissentaner, who also spent money on cosmetic surgery, was found in a jury try to have failed to pay her personal taxes, civil fraud a penalties and penalties for failing to use due diligence in preparing tax returns. She owes United States $1.9 million from her criminal and civil cases.

There was testimony Kissentaner violated her conditions of release and failed to cooperate with pre-trial services.  

Kissentaner operated First Financial Tax Services from 2016 through 2019 while failing to pay her 2012 through 2017 tax returns until late 2019.

During the same period, she prepared at least nine tax returns in which she created fake businesses operating at a loss to boost client refunds These also claimed false fuel tax credits and medical expenses, among other unwarranted deductions.

A Kissentaner became aware she was under investigation, a client who had been receiving refunds of more than $8,000 a year was told she owed $10,000. Kissentaner told the client that was because of a change in the tax law and the fact the client’s son was attending college.