A McLean business man was sentenced to five months behind bars for bribing a District of Columbia tax official who was cooperating with law enforcement, federal prosecutors said.
Jamal Hadieh, 51, pleaded guilty in December in a federal court to one count of bribery of a public official After he finishes his prison time, he will have to spend five months in home confinement.
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Hadieh, also known as Jason Hacen, was the president of Quantum Services, which provided building maintenance services for commercial buildings and hotels.
From 2006 to 2009, the McLean-based company did not pay all of its taxes owed to the District of Columbia, police said.
A auditor for the D.C. Office of Tax and Revenue met with Hadieh to conduct a tax audit, but the project could not be completed because Hadieh did not have all the necessary documents.
After another meeting, Hadieh attempted to give the auditor an envelope full of cash, prosecutor said. The tax auditor reported it to his supervisor and law enforcement officials were notified. The auditor agreed to cooperate with authorities.
At another meeting, Hadieh offered to give the tax auditor $7,000 to “close the books and move forward,” authorities said.
He then offered the auditor $10,000 if the tax auditor lowered the amount of money he owed from $100,000 to $60,000, prosecutors said.
In November 2009, Hadieh met with the tax official in the parking lot of a restaurant in Northeast Washington, where Hadieh slipped the government official an envelope containing $10,000 in cash, prosecutors said.
