- July 27, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
Baltimore, Maryland – Chief U.S. District Judge James K. Bredar sentenced Harshe Shende, age 57, of Hanover, Maryland, to 15 months in federal prison, followed by two years of supervised release, for willful failure to pay over employment taxes. Chief Judge Bredar also found that Shende failed to pay to the IRS a total of $1,690,000 in federal employment and employer taxes and ordered Shende to pay restitution in that amount to the IRS. Chief Judge Bredar imposed the sentence late on July 23, 2021.
The sentence was announced by Acting United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Jonathan F. Lenzner and Acting Special Agent in Charge Darrell J. Waldon of the Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation, Washington, D.C. Field Office.
According to his guilty plea, Shende was the sole owner and resident agent of Progressive Rehab Services, LLC, which employed physical and occupational therapists who went to nursing homes to render…
