Former D.C. Attorney with International Ties Arrested on Tax Evasion, Fraud Charges After Returning to U.S.

A well-connected former Washington, D.C.-area attorney and globetrotting executive, Richard Graham Foote O’Donoghue, was arrested upon reentering the United States and charged with serious tax crimes and lying to federal investigators, the Department of Justice announced Friday.

The indictment accuses O’Donoghue of evading taxes on nearly $1 million in income and attempting to defraud the IRS through a coordinated pattern of deception, including filing false returns and fabricating his job title to a tax preparer.