Jasser Thiara, Tax Evasion, Virginia 2024

Alexandria, Va. – Fairfax doctor Jasser Thiara pleaded guilty to obstructing the IRS by underreporting his income and filing false tax returns in connection with his medical practice. Thiara owned and operated an obstetrics medical practice, doing business as Mid-Atlantic Ob-Gyn, and another doctor’s office specializing in pain management called Fairfax Pain Clinic.

To reduce his taxable income for the 2017 to 2020 tax years, Thiara filed false returns for Mid-Atlantic that claimed bogus business deductions, which falsely decreased the company’s business income. Thiara then filed false individual income tax returns, which did not fully report the income that he had received from MidAtlantic. Thiara also failed to report hundreds of thousands of dollars a year in gross receipts generated by Fairfax Pain Clinic.

In addition to the Mid-Atlantic and Fairfax Pain Clinic schemes, from 2014 through approximately 2016, Thiara received payments for prescriptions referred to certain Virginia pharmacies owned by Mohamed Abdalla. Thiara received approximately $2.2 million from the “referral” scheme, and neither reported, nor paid taxes on this income.

Thiara used these funds to purchase a lavish $3.5 million residence and a $340,000 Ferrari, and spent hundreds of thousands more on credit cards and luxury items. Thiara is scheduled to be sentenced on March 15, 2024. He faces a maximum penalty of 3 years in prison.

Thiara has agreed to pay $3,172,001 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service and another $2,214,830 to third-party victims. Abdalla was sentenced on March 19, 2021, to four years in prison for his role in the kickback scheme.

The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, Jessica D. Aber, made the announcement. David Geist, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Washington Field Office Criminal Division, also made the announcement. Thiara pleaded guilty to one count of corruptly obstructing and impeding the due administration of the internal revenue laws.

Mandatory Facts: Defendant name: Jasser Thiara; Exact criminal charges: Obstructing the IRS by underreporting income and filing false tax returns; City and state: Alexandria, VA; Exact date: Not specified; Sentence or outcome: Pleaded guilty, faces up to 3 years in prison; Dollar amounts: $5.3 million in restitution, $3.5 million residence, $340,000 Ferrari, $3,172,001 in restitution to IRS, $2,214,830 to third-party victims.

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