Guy A. Lewis, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida and José I. Marrero, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation, announced today that Joseph Fanfan, Jr., M.D., entered a guilty plea before United States District Court Judge Wilkie D. Ferguson, Jr., to a four-count Criminal Indictment charging him with failing to file Federal income tax returns for the years 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997, in violation of Title 26, United States Code, Section 7203.

Dr. Fanfan was indicted by a federal grand jury on October 11, 2001. As alleged in the Indictment, Dr. Fanfan earned gross income of approximately $150,956; $199,306; $221,005; and $266,452; respectively, during the years 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997, and failed to file income tax returns reporting that income to the Internal Revenue Service.

Dr. Fanfan faces a maximum term of four years' imprisonment and a maximum fine of $400,000.

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