Businessman gets prison time for bribe
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, also known as Jason Hacen, was the president of Quantum Services, which provided building maintenance. Hadieh slipped a government official an envelope containing $10,000 in cash to make the amount of taxes he owed go down from $100,000 to $60,000, prosecutors said.
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Pedestrian killed in Aspen Hill
A pedestrian died after being hit by a vehicle in Montgomery County, police said. Jose Santiago, 79, of Aspen Hill, was hit around midday Wednesday and succumbed to his injuries later in the evening at Suburban Hospital, Montgomery County police said. According to a preliminary investigation, Santiago was crossing the northbound lanes of Connecticut Avenue near the entrance of the Aspen Hill Shopping Center when the vehicle struck him, police said. The vehicle’s driver — Martin Bendell of Aspen Hill — stayed at the scene and wasn’t injured, police said. Witnesses can contact police about the incident at 301-840-2435. Callers can be anonymous.
Pawn shop owner sentenced
The owner of a Bladensburg pawnshop was sentenced to more than two years in prison for evading taxes on more than $18 million in revenue. Yooho “Peter” Weon, 40, of Centreville, Va., was also ordered to pay $2.4 million that he owes to the Internal Revenue Service. Weon, who owned the Parkway Pawn Shop at 5664 Annapolis Road in Bladensburg sold items through his website and at flea markets. Prosecutor said the business took in $18.4 million in revenue from 2004 to 2008, none of it reported to the IRS. U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein said the scheme was uncovered after federal investigators discovered evidence that Weon’s business bought and sold millions of dollars worth of stolen merchandise.
— Scott McCabe and Naomi Jagoda
