Dr. Dayo Obebe, Tax Evasion, Georgia 2014

Dr. Dayo Obebe, a dentist from Muscogee County, Georgia, has been found guilty of tax evasion.

According to court documents, Dr. Obebe intentionally concealed money he earned from patients who paid with credit cards from his accountants and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) by placing credit card payments into a separate bank account from cash and check receipts.

In 2004, Dr. Obebe began underreporting his total income from the dental practices on his 2004, 2005, and 2006 federal income tax returns by more than $500,000 and falsely claimed a tax refund.

The case was investigated by special agents of IRS - Criminal Investigation and Trial Attorney Charles Edgar for the Tax Division prosecuted the case.

Dr. Obebe, who operated the Moon Road Cosmetic & Family Dentistry in Columbus, Georgia, and the Brent Dental Dentistry in Brent, Alabama, pleaded guilty to one count of tax evasion on February 6, 2014.

As a result of his actions, Dr. Obebe evaded paying over $185,000 in taxes to the IRS on his 2004, 2005, and 2006 federal income tax returns.

Dr. Obebe was sentenced to serve 12 months and one day in prison for tax evasion and ordered to pay $189,661 in restitution, announced Assistant Attorney General Kathryn Keneally of the Justice Department's Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Michael J. Moore for the Middle District of Georgia.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/georgia-dentist-sentenced-jail-tax-evasion