Pace Doctor Sentenced for Tax Fraud

PENSACOLA, FLORIDA – Dr. Sheila Mohammed, 55, of Pace, Florida, has been sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison for seven counts of submitting false tax returns. The sentence, handed down yesterday afternoon, also includes two years of supervised release and an order to pay $255,158 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service.

The sentence was announced by Christopher P. Canova, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida. Mohammed pled guilty on April 22, 2015, to the seven-count Indictment returned earlier this year.

During her plea, Dr. Mohammed admitted to signing and causing to be filed, false personal tax returns that grossly underreported her total income for tax years 2010 through 2013. In addition, Dr. Mohammed admitted that, as president and owner of The Industrial Medicine Institute Inc., a medical practice in Pace, Florida, she signed and caused to be filed, false corporate tax returns for The Industrial Medicine Institute Inc., for the years 2010 through 2012.

According to investigators, Mohammed used the money she failed to disclose to the Internal Revenue Service, totaling approximately $1,166,632, to purchase vehicles and properties located in Pensacola, Pace, and Destin, Florida, and Hawaii and New Mexico.

The charges were the result of an investigation by the Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation, with assistance from the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Tiffany H. Eggers.

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Florida strives to protect and serve the citizens of the Northern District of Florida through the ethical, vigorous, and impartial enforcement of the laws of the United States. To access public court documents online, please visit the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida website. For more information about the United States Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Florida, visit http://www.justice.gov/usao/fln/index.html.

Contact Public Information Officer Amy Alexander for more information at (850) 216-3854 or amy.alexander@usdoj.gov.

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