Adam Haddad, Payroll Tax Return Fraud, Massachusetts 2024

Adam Haddad, 43, of Shrewsbury, is staring down federal prison time after being charged in a payroll tax fraud scheme that stole $292,231 from the IRS. The owner of Accurate Collision, Inc., with shops in Everett and Worcester, Massachusetts, has agreed to plead guilty to three counts of aiding the preparation of false tax returns.

Haddad funneled a significant portion of employee wages “under the table” between March 2015 and June 2017, according to court filings. By paying cash and avoiding payroll records, he slashed his tax burden—while burying the true cost of his labor. The scam left the IRS in the dark, as Accurate Collision, Inc. filed returns that deliberately underreported wages and employment taxes owed.

The false filings weren’t a clerical error—they were a calculated move. Haddad orchestrated the scheme to dodge federal obligations, directly causing a loss of at least $292,231. Each quarter, the deception piled up, feeding a growing trail of falsified documents now being used against him in court.

Now, the hammer is falling. Each count carries a maximum sentence of three years in prison, one year of supervised release, and a fine of $250,000—or twice the gross gain or loss, whichever is greater. A federal district court judge will determine the final sentence using the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

The Department of Justice and IRS Criminal Investigation are making no exceptions. United States Attorney Andrew E. Lelling and Kristina O’Connell, Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation, announced the charges today. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Sara Miron Bloom of Lelling’s Securities, Financial and Cyber Fraud Unit.

This isn’t a paper shuffle gone wrong. It’s a deliberate fraud. And in the federal system, cheating Uncle Sam comes with a steep price. Haddad’s plea deal may shave time, but it won’t erase the record: he broke the law, cash flowed under the table, and now he answers for it.

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