On Oct. 27, 2014, in San Francisco, California, Sandra Lynn Vitorelo, aka Sandra Mathewson, was sentenced to 24 months in prison, three years of supervised release and ordered to pay $91,442 in restitution. Vitorelo pleaded guilty to filing false tax returns. According to court documents, Vitorelo had her own tax return preparation and accounting business called M-V Services. In 2000, Vitorelo became the bookkeeper for her cousin. Vitorelo managed her cousin’s assets including stocks, currency, and real property. In 2006, the daughter of Vitorelo’s cousin opened a clothing store in Novato, California. Vitorelo subsequently began managing the finances for that store. Vitorelo made unauthorized transfers from the bank accounts of her cousin and cousin’s daughter to her own bank accounts. Vitorelo misappropriated at least $248,583 which she kept for her own use. Vitorelo further underreported her income on her federal income tax returns beginning in 2006 and continuing through 2009 as a result of her intentional failure to report these funds as income.
