Northborough Chiropractor Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion

NORTHBOROUGH, MA — A chiropractor in Northborough plead guilty to tax evasion on Monday, according to Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division. The man, Richard Rogers, ran a chiropractor practice from his home in Northborough and was charged with evading his taxes from 2012 through 2016.

According to the Justice Department’s Tax Division, Rogers concealed his income from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) through a variety of methods. Rogers encouraged his clients to pay in cash, used a nominee bank account to negotiate check payments when he was not paid in cash, paid creditors using postal money orders, and used credit card accounts opened with a fake social security number. Rogers also concealed the ownership of his home by titling the property in the name of a trust. Rogers didn't file federal tax returns from at least 2008 through 2016.

Rogers faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison, three years of supervised release, and fines.