A Former Air Force Dentist Pled Guilty Yesterday to Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud (Muhammad Adil Quraish, Alexandria, Va.)

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Announcement, published July 24, 2025 and datelined Alexandria, Va., that Muhammad Adil Quraish, a former Air Force dentist, pled guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud relating to applications for and receipt of pandemic relief funds. According to court documents, from April 2020 through December 2021 Quraish conspired with at least four co-conspirators to submit materially false applications for Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL), using inflated and falsified payroll information. The announcement states that Quraish profited $1,471,599 from the fraud conspiracy, is scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 22 and faces up to five years in prison. It cites Case No. 1:25-cr-185.

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ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A former Air Force dentist pled guilty yesterday to conspiracy to commit wire fraud relating to his applications for and receipt of pandemic relief funds to which he was not entitled.
According to court documents, from April 2020 through December 2021, Muhammad Adil Quraish, 35, of Alexandria, conspired with at least four co-conspirators to submit materially false applications for Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL). PPP was a COVID-19 relief program intended to provide loans backed by the Small Business Administration to certain businesses, nonprofit organizations, and others to help them remain afloat during the pandemic. The purpose of the EIDL program was to enable small businesses to meet financial obligations and operating expenses during the pandemic.
After learning of the PPP and EIDL programs, Quraish discussed applying for EIDL and PPP loans with co-conspirators with intentionally inflated and falsified payroll information to receive loans that the businesses were not entitled to receive. Quraish inflated the numbers of employees each entity claimed as well as quarterly and annual payroll figures for several entities. Quraish created falsified payroll records and falsified IRS tax forms, and falsely certified or caused to be falsely certified that such forms had been filed with the IRS.
Quraish and his co-conspirators personally profited $1,471,599 from the fraud conspiracy. Quraish used the fraud proceeds to invest in cryptocurrency, among other things.
Quraish is scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 22 and faces up to five years in prison. Actual sentences for federal crimes are typically less than the maximum penalties. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
Erik S. Siebert, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia; Brig. Gen. Amy Bumgarner, Commander of the Office of Special Investigations for the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force; Christopher Dillard, Special Agent in Charge for the Department of Defense, Office of Inspector General, Defense Criminal Investigative Service’s Mid-Atlantic Field Office (DCIS), Kareem A. Carter, IRS Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge of the Washington D.C. Field Office; and Christopher Heck, Acting Special Agent in Charge of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations (ICE HSI) Washington, D.C., made the announcement after U.S. District Judge Rossie D. Alston Jr. accepted the plea.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Zachary H. Ray is prosecuting the case.
A copy of this press release is located on the website of the
U.S. Attorney’s Office
for the Eastern District of Virginia. Related court documents and information are located on the website of the
District Court
for the Eastern District of Virginia or on
PACER
by searching for Case No. 1:25-cr-185.

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