DETROIT- – A Grosse Pointe Woods doctor has been convicted of failing to declare and pay taxes on income from illegally selling prescriptions, and of failing to declare and pay taxes on income received from corporations he controlled, which were registered in the names of others.
Peter Nwoke, 50, was convicted on charges related to the operation of his medical practice, Divine Medical Care and Divine Medical Services.
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The practice primarily worked with homebound Medicare patients in Detroit.
Authorities say to avoid paying taxes, Nwoke set up two other businesses, City Medical and Divine Medical Center, both of which he placed in others’ names.
Nwoke controlled the bank accounts and collected profits from both businesses.
These profits were not reported as income and were not subject to tax.
Nwoke was also said to have sold controlled substance prescriptions for highly…
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