A lawyer from Aberdeen, who allegedly got hundreds of thousands of dollars in kickback cash from doctors, is now charged with trying to hide it all from the Internal Revenue Service.

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Magdy Fouad Anise, 51, aka Michael Anise, is charged with one count of structuring cash transactions to avoid reporting requirements, and a count of structuring more than $100,000, according to information from the office of New Jersey U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman.

Anise, of the Anise & Anise firm in Jersey City, was accused of taking payments from doctors in exchange for personal-injury client referrals between 2009 and 2011. Investigators said he amassed $800,000 from various sources by 2012.

The attorney deposited the money in five bank accounts in amounts below $10,000, avoiding currency transaction reports (CTR) that must be filed with IRS at that level or above. CTRs identify the parties involved in transactions.

A conviction on the structuring charge would net Anise as many as five years in prison, but if found guilty of structuring more than $100,000, it would be a sentence of up to 10 years. Each charge carries a maximum $250,000 fine.

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