CLEVELAND, Ohio (WKBN) – An Ohio pharmacist who has been running from the law for 11 years was arrested overseas and has now pleaded guilty to fraud charges.
Sbeih Sbeih, 57, previously of North Olmstead, pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Defraud the IRS. In February, he was arrested in the country of Georgia after being a fugitive for 11 years, according to federal prosecutors.
Sbeih was indicted more than a decade ago for concealing income from a pharmaceutical business. According to allegations in court documents filed in 2014, Sbeih was a registered pharmacist licensed in Ohio and together with codefendant Osama Salouha, 54, previously of Strongsville, the men conspired to divert money from Salouha’s businesses, Southside Pharmacy in Lorain and Medicine Center Pharmacy in Elyria, into personal bank accounts to conceal their income from the IRS…