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         his total reimbursements as an administrative fee.  Petitioner               
         defrauded the county by submitting false invoices.                           
               During 1989, petitioner received $42,953.82 of Medicaid                
         payments from the county.  During 1990, the county paid                      
         petitioner $219,656.68 in Medicaid payments, of which $17,572                
         represented administrative fees.  Petitioner intentionally failed            
         to report the income he received from the taxi leasing and                   
         Medicaid services on his original 1989 and 1990 income tax                   
         returns.  In addition, petitioner’s 1989 and 1990 original income            
         tax returns did not reflect either activity, and he reported only            
         a relatively small amount of income from wages and interest                  
         income.                                                                      
               At the time petitioner’s 1991 income tax return was due                
         (April 15, 1992), he had been under an indictment (since January             
         1992) for Medicaid fraud and obstruction of justice.  During                 
         1991, the office of the attorney general for the State of                    
         Maryland subpoenaed petitioner’s records, including but not                  
         limited to, financial documents, bank statements, canceled                   
         checks, tax returns and income and expense ledgers.  Although                
         petitioner requested and was given an extension for the purpose              
         of photocopying his records, petitioner disregarded the subpoena,            
         attempted to conceal his activities, and only provided limited               
         documentation to the attorney general’s office.  Accordingly, a              
         search warrant was obtained, and petitioner’s records were                   






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