CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – An Ohio pharmacist who was indicted over a decade ago and was a fugitive on the run, has pleaded guilty in his role defrauding the IRS.
According to the Department of Justice (DOJ), 57-year-old Sbeih Sbeih, previously of North Olmsted, was located and arrested earlier this year overseas in the country of Georgia.
Sbeih pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the IRS, and back in February, he was arrested after being on the run for 11 years.
According to allegations in court documents filed in 2014, Sbeih was a registered pharmacist by the Ohio Pharmacy Board.
Together with a co-defendant, 54-year-old Osama Salouha, previously of Strongsville, the two men conspired to divert proceeds from Salouha’s businesses into personal, non-business accounts to conceal income from their accountant and the IRS.
Salouha’s businesses were Southside Pharmacy in Lorain and…
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