Washington, D.C., Police Officer Indicted for Tax Fraud

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2015-04-02

An indictment was unsealed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia that charges a Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officer with obstructing and impeding the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and evading his federal income taxes for 2009 and 2010, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.

According to the indictment, Jamal A. Adams, also known as Ishmeal Heru-Bey, failed to file federal income tax returns for 2005 through 2012 while he was employed as a MPD officer and earning income. During this time period, Adams submitted IRS forms falsely claiming to be exempt from federal income tax withholding to the MPD. In 2010, he filed false documents signed under the penalties of perjury with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Columbia in which he failed to report the tax debts that he owed to the IRS.

If convicted, Adams faces a total statutory maximum sentence of 13 years in prison, plus a fine of up to $250,000 per count of conviction.

Source: U.S. Department of Justice

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