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Rich Couple Used Dead Veteran to Cheat IRS

SHAMEFUL

A surgeon doing work for the V.A. and his wife pleaded guilty to dodging $500,000 in taxes. For once, the wealthy got caught picking on the rest.

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Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast

Any of us tempted to cheat on our taxes should consider the example of the well-to-do physician and his lawyer wife who appeared in Manhattan federal court on Tuesday.

The couple will soon be departing their luxury Upper East Side apartment for his-and-hers federal prisons.

Neither Dr.

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