Bonnie Russell Observes: Tax Lady Roni Deutch Missing from late night TV

Bonnie Russell Observes: Tax Lady Roni Deutch Missing from late night TV...

Missing from San Diego's late-night TV's cacophony of  "buy this, trust me" ads, is none other than The Tax Lady, Roni Deutch, who has been order to stop running her commercials. Courthouse News reports the Attorney General wants Deutch jailed because according to documents filed,

"The state claims Deutch began shredding the day after a court ordered her not to destroy evidence in a $34 million lawsuit that accused her of swindling tax clients."

No time for television it seems. The documents claim Deutch has all but turned into herself into a one woman, 24 hour shredding machine.  According to California Attorney General Kamala Harris, Deutch has shredded 2.1 million documents needed to prosecute her.

Back in 2006 Deutch agreed to pay some of her New York clients.

"Roni Lynn Deutch has agreed to pay a total of $300,000, which includes $200,000 in restitution to consumers and $100,000 in fines to the City of New York.  Also, as part of the agreement, Roni Lynn Deutch has committed to full compliance with the City's Consumer Protection Law when advertising tax services."

However, California residents remain at risk as Deutch's firm grossed 25 million last year.

Deutch claims she has a good reputation with the Better Business Bureau, (which says a lot about the Better Business Bureau.) 

However, when telephoned the Tax Lady's "New Client" representative said while her law firm is not accepting new clients right now,they are referring them to other professionals.  The representative named the Juceam Group.

When pressed, the operator claimed she didn't know anything about the Juceam Group, including whether they were located in California or not.   Further checking reveals the owner is Scott Juceam, who describes himself as a motivational speaker and business consultant/owner. The Juceam Group's Corporate Headquarters is 5484 Dewey Drive, Suite 235, Fair Oaks, CA 95628

In an unrelated case, Scott's daughter Hannah Rose, died tragically as a toddler.  The nanny, who was not in the country legally, was acquitted of killing the child, Hannah Rose.  

Scott Juceam then created the Hannah Rose Foundation, which is not registered as a non-profit with the state of California.

Scott's Twitter account. "Protectakid"  flacks his IRS expertise and Roni Deutch is listed as partnering with him on the site.