Jehoaddan Wilson biography: 13 things about Brentwood, California fraudster

Jehoaddan Latrice Wilson is an American woman from Brentwood, California, United States. She is Melvin Wilson Sr. and Joann Dozier‘s daughter.

Melvin and Dozier got married in July 1977. Aside from Jehoaddan, Melvin and Dozier have six other children namely Lasea Wilson, Melvin Wilson Jr., Euodias Wilson, Matthew Wilson, Sarah Wilson and Marcus Wilson.

As ordained ministers, Melvin Sr. and Dozier established churches across the U.S. before they divorced. In October 1992, he married Kimberely Bell.

Melvin Sr. and Bell operated a hair salon and barbershop called Outward Appearance. They have two children namely Lamar Bell and Tony Bell. 

Who is Jehoaddan Wilson?

Wilson is a convicted fraudster. In 2009, she became a tax consultant and started a tax preparation company called Enterprise Financial.

When Wilson appeared in “Judge Faith”, she claimed she was a registered tax preparer. She was accompanied in court by her mother.

Aside from Brentwood, Wilson has lived in other parts of California including El Dorado Hills, San Pablo, Sacramento, Oakland and Hayward. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. On April 16, 2009, she attended an open house held by Candace Lui and Tri Chung who wanted to rent their five-bedroom house in Brentwood. She submitted her credit report in order to apply for the rental but her application was denied because her credit score was too low. 
2. On May 30, 2009, Lui and Chung went to their house in Brentwood to show it to a prospective tenant and discovered that she had moved into the house and changed the locks. She was neither arrested nor asked to leave after she showed police officers a five-page rental agreement, receipts for the first and last month’s rent, a deposit and a partial rent payment.
3. In August 2009, she was arrested and was sued by Lui and Chung. After representing herself at trial and failing to present evidence, she was placed on probation for five years on conditions including that she serve nine months in county jail and was ordered to pay Lui and Chung $16,307.
4. In 2011, she victimized around 388 people through her fraudulent tax claims that caused a loss to the federal U.S. government of $902,040.
5. In 2012, she and her brother Marcus prepared and submitted 11 fraudulent federal income tax returns in the names of others then asked the Internal Revenue Service to deposit portions of the refunds into their own bank accounts.
6. In an article published by The Press on January 29, 2015, she said, “Enterprise Financial has helped me stabilize my finances enough to actually allow me to buy my own home.” According to the article, one of her clients is her fellow Brentwood resident Joanna Jenkins.
7. In January 2017, she and Marcus were hit with a 34-count federal indictment.
8. On January 31, 2019, her brother Marcus admitted to filing $1 million in false tax returns as part of a scheme that he engaged in with her while she ran Enterprise Financial. On May 31, 2019, he was sentenced to 30 months in prison and ordered to pay $1,026,340 in restitution.
9. She appeared as the defendant before Judge Faith Jenkins in “Judge Faith” Season 2 episode 62, which aired on November 24, 2015. The plaintiff was her cousin Jacob Lewis, who accused her of stealing his identity and altering his tax forms. The judge ordered her to refund him $2,500.
10. On September 28, 2021, a federal jury convicted her of five counts each of filing a false tax claim, aggravated identify theft and wire fraud.
11. On May 5, 2022, U.S. District Judge Jon S. Tigar sentenced her in Oakland to 81 months and ordered her to pay restitution in the amount of $902,040. On November 1, 2022, her father died due to complications of pancreatic cancer at age 64.
12. On August 10, 2023, U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria dismissed a civil rights complaint she filed against the U.S. for lack of jurisdiction because it is “obviously frivolous”.
13. In September 2023, she turned 43. In November 2023, her brother Marcus turned 37.