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Olney Man Sentenced to 3 Years for $1M+ Tax Fraud
A 51-year-old man from Olney, Maryland, has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for wire fraud, which involved filing fraudulent tax returns and receiving over $970,000 in refunds.
Mehlek Dawveed, the defendant, filed a fraudulent income tax return for 2010, which resulted in a refund of $977,558. The IRS wired the money to his account in Maryland, and Dawveed used part of the funds to pay off the mortgage on his residence and deposited a $250,000 check into an account controlled by his wife.
In total, Dawveed wrote several checks to accounts controlled by him or associates and wrote checks to various individuals and family members for personal expenses. He also filed a fraudulent income tax return for 2011, requesting a refund of $1,324,961, but this was not issued.
On February 27, 2012, Dawveed filed an amended tax return, claiming he had made ‘unintentional errors’ and submitted a payment of $5,000,000 to the IRS, which was never made. The sentence was handed down by United States District Judge George J. Hazel.
As part of the sentence, Judge Hazel also ordered a forfeiture and restitution order in the amount of $788,991. Dawveed was also ordered to forfeit his Olney residence, the mortgage for which he paid off with the fraudulent tax refund money.
United States Attorney Robert K. Hur commended the IRS for their work in the investigation and thanked Assistant U.S. Attorneys Sean R. Delaney and Kelly O. Hayes for prosecuting the case.
Key Facts
- State: Maryland
- Category: White Collar Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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