August 31, 2021 Mary Cossey enters guilty plea Coordinated law enforcement effort dismantles California to Western Pennsylvania drug pipeline Drug trafficker who used teens as couriers sentenced to 85 months Bozeman business owner admits evading taxes August 30, 2021 Utah real estate developer pleads guilty to wire fraud and tax fraud involving Daufuskie Island Resort Greenwich resident admits defrauding investors of nearly $1.5 million Bolton man pleads guilty to fraud and tax offenses IRS Criminal Investigation sees surge in scams tied to Economic Impact Payments August 27, 2021 Former Cisco executive sentenced to 36 months in prison for fraud scheme and filing false tax returns Two South Florida Lawyers and former chief operating officer sentenced for roles in massive 1 Global Capital investment scheme Five plead guilty to pandemic unemployment fraud, mail fraud charges August 26, 2021 Former CEO And COO Of JHL Biotech convicted of conspiracy to steal trade secrets and commit wire fraud Bergen County man indicted for tax evasion Disbarred lawyer found guilty of multiple felonies for stealing client settlement money and cheating on federal income taxes Former New Castle anesthesiologist sentenced for illegally prescribing and distributing oxycodone, fentanyl, and Opana ER Federal jury convicts Mercer County man of retaliating against federal officer West Linn man pleads guilty for role in real estate, agriculture, and mining investment schemes Three guilty in transnational east Texas call center fraud scheme August 25, 2021 Restaurant owner, managers among 19 charged in RICO indictment Sedalia man sentenced for tax evasion Miami man pleads guilty in lucrative fraud scheme involving cell phones Romanian national man sentenced to 140 months for money laundering conspiracy Las Vegas tax preparer sentenced for filing false tax returns August 24, 2021 Arch Family Dentistry office managers charged in superseding indictment Justice Department approves remission of over $32 million in forfeited funds to victims in the FIFA corruption case Lead defendant in synthetic identity fraud ring pleads guilty to bank fraud Watertown family charged with lottery scam and tax fraud Former Norfolk sheriff convicted of public corruption charges Washington tech executive sentenced to prison for COVID-19 relief fraud scheme Brooklyn business owner charged with bank fraud, identity theft and witness tampering Thirty-third parent in college admissions case agrees to plead guilty Caneadea woman sentenced for preparing false tax returns August 23, 2021 Cocaine supplier pleads guilty and is sentenced to eight years in federal prison for participating in conspiracy to sell cocaine and crack cocaine in Maryland Six Southern California companies convicted of scheming to avoid payment of $1.8 billion in duties on imported Chinese aluminum Former FIFA official pleads guilty to racketeering conspiracy August 20, 2021 D.C. man indicted on charges in scheme to steal more than $17 million in COVID-19 relief funds Lebanon tax attorney pleads guilty to tax and labor violations August 19, 2021 Fort Collins bookkeeper sentenced for mail fraud and money laundering Springfield man pleads guilty to cocaine trafficking and money laundering conspiracies Upshur County man sentenced for identity theft in connection with cares act economic impact payments Federal indictment unsealed alleging massive Muscogee County, Georgia fraud; former county clerk charged and in custody South Florida liquor store owner guilty of tax evasion Owner of O.C.-based painting-service company pleads guilty to criminal tax charge for deliberately underreporting income Brooklyn, New York, man charged in $9 million conspiracy to defraud IRS Georgia man convicted of filing $165 million in fraudulent tax returns Former bookkeeper of Chattanooga Coin, Inc. sentenced to prison for embezzlement August 18, 2021 Three men sentenced for illegal gambling operation Owner of Endalk and Yohannes Associated, L.P. pleads guilty to fraud Ohio resident pleads guilty to operating darknet-based bitcoin ‘mixer’ that laundered over $300 million August 17, 2021 Dearborn resident pleads guilty in investment fraud scheme FCA US LLC sentenced in connection with conspiracy to make illegal payments to UAW officials Madison County business owner sentenced to prison for payroll tax fraud Orlando sisters sentenced in $25 million tax fraud scheme Federal jury finds Wauwatosa nurse practitioner and business partner guilty of distribution of controlled substances August 16, 2021 32nd parent in college admissions case pleads guilty Norton man sentenced in $499,000 unemployment fraud scheme August 13, 2021 John Thomas Burnette convicted of five counts Judge sentences St. Louis man for tax evasion William Stenger pleads guilty to false document charges related to the AnC Vermont EB-5 project in northeast Vermont Suburban Chicago man sentenced to three years in prison for scheming to defraud the IRS out of $815,000 August 12, 2021 Thirty-one indicted in cross-state drug trafficking ring Produce importer sentenced in Brooklyn federal court to 13 years’ imprisonment for conspiring to import cocaine in a shipment of chili peppers Final defendant in video gambling machine tax evasion case sentenced to 14 months Rockport man pleads guilty to operating nationwide scheme to steal social media accounts and cryptocurrency Pierre woman charged with wire fraud, mail fraud, and money laundering North Carolina woman sentenced for running tax refund scam in Syracuse Former chief executive of a California-based media company agrees to plead guilty in college admissions case Middletown man sentenced to six years in prison for selling cocaine and crack while on state probation August 11, 2021 Anchorage businessman convicted and sentenced for walrus ivory trafficking and tax evasion Bristol, Tennessee man sentenced in $499,000 unemployment fraud scheme Fintech CEO sentenced to 6 years in prison for multiple fraud schemes, including $7 million Covid-19 pandemic loan fraud and securities fraud Southwest Virginia man sentenced in $499,000 unemployment fraud scheme August 10, 2021 Northwestern Pennsylvania brothers indicted in cryptocurrency investment scheme Former medical office bookkeeper pleads to embezzling nearly $593,000 and filing false tax returns Amherst businessman charged with defrauding the paycheck protection and economic injury disaster loan programs out of millions of dollars Georgia man pleads guilty in New York federal court on charges related to Ponzi and COVID-19 fraud schemes Former CFO of Connecticut healthcare staffing agency sentenced for tax offense August 8, 2021 Michigan biodiesel exporter sentenced to prison for tax fraud August 6, 2021 Nebraska fugitive sentenced to four years in prison Ocala man convicted of wire fraud in relation to resale of wireless communications plans Convicted Bronx fraudster who fled to Ghana prior to serving sentence is extradited to the United States August 5, 2021 Over $1 billion in misappropriated 1MDB funds now repatriated to Malaysia Shepherd man charged in COVID-19 relief fraud scheme California man sentenced in cross-country marijuana trafficking conspiracy Former South Dakota attorney sentenced for wire fraud, money laundering, and bank fraud Newton landscaping company owner sentenced for tax evasion Lycoming County man charged with filing false tax returns Worcester man pleads guilty to wire fraud and tax charges August 4 2021 Sixteen defendants charged for drug trafficking in Lansing Sparta man sentenced for $600,000 tax evasion Part-time grant administrator sentenced for converting $57 thousand from FEMA grant to his own use, filing false tax returns Attorney sentenced for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering Federal grand jury indictment announced – August 2021 ValueWise CEO Michael Mann sentenced to 144 months in prison for $100 million fraud Coconut Grove resident charged in multimillion-dollar Venezuelan bribery and money laundering scheme Former metro employee of trust bank sentenced to serve 30 months in federal prison for $2.3 million embezzlement and false federal income tax return Hot Springs Village businessman pleads guilty to not paying employment taxes and failure to file a tax return Kill Devil Hills cocaine trafficker sentenced to more than 10 years August 3, 2021 Former Nike marketing manager sentenced in scheme to defraud company Downstate corporate secretary pleads guilty to willfully failing to pay over $930,000 in payroll taxes withheld from employees Two Montana men charged with $1 million COVID-19 relief fraud scheme Las Vegas couple indicted for tax evasion scheme Manhattan U.S. Attorney announces agreement with Bermudian bank to resolve criminal tax investigation Florida man sentenced for COVID-19 relief fraud Stonecrest man sentenced to jail for defrauding the USDA COVID-19 relief program August 2, 2021 Tax Mind manager pleads guilty to preparing false returns
