Defendant Pleads Guilty
Kamran Azizi, 59, of Danville, California, admitted to his role in a scheme to defraud the United States, according to a plea agreement.
Azizi was responsible for collecting donations made to Maktab Tarighe Oveyssi Shahmaghsoudi (MTO), a Sufi Islamic organization with several centers in the Northern District of California, between 2005 and 2008.
However, instead of forwarding the funds to MTO, Azizi and his co-conspirator, Hedyeh Shoar, kept more than $250,000 of the donations for their own benefit.
Azizi and Shoar then worked together to hide this income from the United States by concealing it from the individual who prepared their federal income tax returns and signing and filing tax returns which omitted this income.
Azizi pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371 and will appear before the Honorable Vince Chhabria, U.S. District Judge, for sentencing on June 23, 2017.
The maximum statutory penalty for the conspiracy violation is five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. A term of supervised release may also be imposed.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael G. Pitman, with the assistance of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation.
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Key Facts
- State: California
- Category: Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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