Northborough Chiropractor Charged With Tax Evasion: Indictments

NORTHBOROUGH, MA—A Northborough chiropractor was charged with tax evasion by a federal grand jury in Massachusetts, announced on Monday by Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.

According to the indictment, Richard Rogers, a Massachusetts chiropractor, ran his chiropractic practice from his Northborough house. Rogers was charged with evading his taxes from 2012 through 2016 by concealing his income using a variety of methods, including using a nominee bank account to negotiate payments received by check, paying creditors using postal money orders, and using credit card accounts opened with a fictitious social security number, said Zuckerman. Rogers also allegedly concealed the ownership of his residence by titling the property in the name of a trust. Rogers allegedly did not file federal tax returns from at least 2008 through 2016.

Rogers could get up to five years in prison if convicted on each count of tax evasion. He also faces up to three years of supervised release and fines.

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