Clinic Owner Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud
The owner and medical director of a hemorrhoid clinic pleaded guilty to federal income tax evasion in a scheme allegedly involving use of false identities to cheat the government of $370,000.
Dr. Rick A. Shacket, 47, who specializes in proctology and laser surgery, faces a maximum of five years in prison when sentenced Oct. 25. The clinic’s former medical director, Russell Ward, has also pleaded guilty in the case and has been sent to prison.
Shacket and Ward allegedly diverted money from Shacket’s Hemorrhoid Care Medical Clinic for Shacket to buy a home in Del Mar under the name of his brother and another false identity.
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