A husband and wife have pleaded guilty to federal charges related to a fraud scheme that included wrongly receiving food assistance, a false bankruptcy and lying to the IRS, according to officials. Abraham Elsaghir of Dearborn, Mich., pleaded guilty to one count of false statement to an agency of the United States, one count of federal income tax evasion, and one count of bankruptcy fraud, according to a news release from the U.S. Department of Justice. Samar Elsaghir of Dearborn, Mich., pleaded guilty to one count of false statement to an agency of the United States and one count of federal income tax evasion. They both pleaded before Judge Laurie J. Michelson, of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. According to information in the plea agreements, in May 2017, Abraham and Samar Elsaghir filed a voluntary chapter 7 petition in bankruptcy and received a discharge of their debts in August 2017. However, the Elsaghirs falsified their bankruptcy report by underreporting their income.
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