Doctor Pleads Guilty To Income Tax Fraud

April 23, 2015

A Santa Rosa County doctor pled guilty to tax fraud in federal court in Pensacola Wednesday.

Dr. Sheila Mohammed, 55, of Pace, Florida, pled guilty to seven counts of submitting false tax returns. She admitted that she signed and caused to be filed, false personal tax returns that grossly underreported her total income for tax years 2010 through 2013.  In  addition, Mohammed admitted that, as president and owner of The Industrial Medicine  Institute, Inc., a medical practice in Pace, Florida, she signed and caused to be filed, false  corporate tax returns for The Industrial Medicine Institute, Inc., for the years 2010 through 2012.

As part of the plea agreement, Dr. Mohammed agreed that the restitution amount owed for her crimes is $255,158, and she has agreed to make full restitution to the Internal Revenue Service. Sentencing is scheduled by Chief United States District Court Judge M. Casey Rodgers on July  20.  Mohammed faces maximum penalties of 21 years in prison (three years for each count) and a $700,000 fine ($100,000 for each count).

The charges are the result of an investigation by the Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation, with assistance from the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office.

Comments

4 Responses to “Doctor Pleads Guilty To Income Tax Fraud”

  1. chris on April 23rd, 2015 12:17 pm

    Does the Hippocratic Oath address tax fraud?

  2. ABC on April 23rd, 2015 10:19 am

    Shocking, Are the Morals of all professionals going down the drain., Doctors, don’t make enough money, egads

  3. mick on April 23rd, 2015 9:18 am

    Guess the old Hippocratic oath didn’t mean much either

  4. dk on April 23rd, 2015 8:36 am

    well well well

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