Maryland Brothers Sentenced for Tax Evasion

Baltimore, Maryland – A federal judge handed down prison terms to Maryland twin brothers, today, in connection with tax-evasion crimes.

Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Dennis March, 55, and Greg March, 55, both of Berlin, to six months in prison each, followed by three years of supervised release — with a special condition of 12 months of home detention as part of their supervised-release term — for tax evasion. Judge Chasanow also ordered the March brothers to each pay restitution of nearly $1.8 million.

Kelly O. Hayes, U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland, announced the sentence with Special Agent in Charge Kareem Carter, Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), Washington D.C. Field Office. This prosecution is part of the Trump Administration’s Task Force to Eliminate Fraud.

According to court documents, from 2017 until April 2023, Dennis and Greg March both

willfully evaded paying the lawful taxes they owed on their business and personal income-tax returns for 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022. During this time, the March brothers committed multiple affirmative acts in Maryland that constituted tax evasion and attempted tax evasion.  In total, the March brothers each unlawfully concealed more than $4.5 million in income generated from 2017 to 2023, and each failed to pay nearly $1.8 million in taxes on that income.

Beginning in 2017, and continuing into 2023, the March brothers, along with a third business partner, jointly owned and controlled various business entities and ventures, including Elite Marketing Group LLC, Elite MG LLC, and Principal Law Group.  Through the operation of Principal, Elite, Elite MG, and their other entities, the March brothers and their business partner generated significant revenues and income from 2017-2023. 

Instead of paying the taxes they owed, the March brothers worked to hide their incomes.  They concealed their incomes by arranging payments to a shell entity that they controlled. This allowed the brothers to treat payments as expenses or costs of their businesses, when in reality, these payments were effectively distributions of income to themselves.  The brothers also failed to file numerous legally required IRS forms, including required business and personal tax returns.

In September 2021, the March brothers sought to use the income generated through the tax-evasion scheme to purchase various real-estate properties, including in Florida, which they jointly controlled with their business partner. Their purchases included several Florida real-estate properties, worth more than $2 million, and payments to a Florida building company for the construction of two homes on undeveloped Florida lots.  From 2017 to 2022, the March brothers withdrew more than $3.5 million in cash from business bank accounts. 

On April 7, the Department of Justice announced the creation of the National Fraud Enforcement Division (“Fraud Division”). The Fraud Division is laser-focused on investigating and prosecuting those who commit fraud against the American people. The Department’s work to combat fraud supports President Trump’s Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, a whole-of-government effort chaired by Vice President J.D. Vance to eliminate fraud, waste, and abuse within Federal benefit programs.

U.S. Attorney Hayes commended the IRS-CI for its work in the investigation.  Ms. Hayes also thanked Assistant U.S. Attorneys Catriona Coppler and Ari D. Evans, who prosecuted this federal case, along with Paralegal Specialists Joanna B.N. Huber and Shelbe Mascaro, for their valuable assistance.

For more information about the Maryland U.S. Attorney’s Office, its priorities, and resources available to report fraud, please visit justice.gov/usao-md and justice.gov/usao-md/report-fraud.

# # #