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Two Long Island Men Plead Guilty to Filing False Tax Returns

For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York
Defendants, Who Failed to Disclose Foreign Bank Accounts, To Pay $15.4 Million in Civil Penalties

Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, Parviz Hakimian and Khosrow Hakimian, both of whom are Long Island residents, pleaded guilty to filing false tax returns related to the failure to disclose overseas bank accounts.  Each defendant agreed as part of the guilty plea to pay $7,730,000 in civil penalties.  The guilty pleas were entered before United States District Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis. 

Richard P. Donoghue, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, and James D. Robnett, Special Agent-in-Charge, Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation, New York (IRS-CI), announced the guilty pleas.

“As alleged, both Parviz and Khosrow Hakimian utilized overseas bank accounts to conceal millions of dollars in income from the United States government,” stated United States Attorney Donoghue.  “This Office and our law enforcement partners will continue to work together to ensure that individuals who attempt to evade their responsibilities as taxpayers are held accountable.” 

 “The Hakimian brothers took extreme measures to evade paying millions in taxes, while other taxpayers paid their fair share,” stated IRS-CI Special Agent-in-Charge Robnett.  “This should not and will not be tolerated.  As evidenced by the Hakimian brothers pleading guilty today, those that attempt to evade their tax liabilities by hiding US earnings in secret off-shore accounts will be identified and prosecuted.”

As stated in the charging documents, between 2009 and 2011, both defendants maintained undeclared bank accounts at an Israeli private bank headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.  The bank provided private banking services to, and maintained undeclared accounts for, United States taxpayers.  Parviz and Khosrow Hakimian each failed to report these accounts, and the interest income from these accounts, in their tax filings. 

At sentencing, each defendant faces a maximum of three years in prison. 

Assistant United States Attorney Margaret Lee is in charge of the prosecution.

The Defendants:

PARVIZ HAKIMIAN
Age: 70
Great Neck, New York

E.D.N.Y. Docket 18-CR-70 (NGG)

KHOSROW HAKIMIAN
Age: 64
Great Neck, New York

E.D.N.Y. Docket 18-CR-71 (NGG)

Contact

John Marzulli
Tyler Daniels
United States Attorney’s Office
(718) 254-6323

Updated March 28, 2018

Topic
Tax