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June 22, 2026
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June 18, 2026
- Homeland Security Task Force investigation leads to indictment against digital-age drug dealer
- Twenty-six charged in indictment alleging federal racketeering, conspiracy, and other crimes
- Dedham man sentenced to 10 months in prison for submitting multiple fraudulent bank loan applications
- Leader of drug trafficking organization linked to Mexican cartels sentenced in Homeland Security Task Force case
June 17, 2026
- Miami man pleads guilty to conspiracy charge connected to cryptocurrency fraud scheme
- Louisville woman sentenced to over 5 years in federal prison for defrauding customers
- Coast-to-coast cocaine trafficker responsible for distributing 956 kilograms of cocaine along east coast sentenced to 275 months in prison
- Homeland Security Task Force investigation results in Texas woman’s 24-year federal prison sentence
- Milwaukee man sentenced to prison for preparing false tax returns
- Convictions through guilty pleas and sentencings in Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) prosecutions (June 8 through June 12, 2026)
- Pharmacist on the run for nearly 12 years pleads guilty to role in defrauding the IRS
- Milwaukee woman sentenced to prison for preparing false tax returns
- Phoenix man who served as enforcer for transnational drug trafficking organization sentenced to 35 years in prison
June 16, 2026
- Co-conspirator sentenced for role in multimillion-dollar money laundering conspiracy case brought by HSTF
- Brockton woman pleads guilty to theft of government funds in connection with stolen $931,000 tax refund check
- Springfield man sentenced for leading drug trafficking organization
- Maryland brothers plead guilty to tax evasion
- Modesto dark web fentanyl dealer sentenced to 10 years in prison
June 15, 2026
- IRS Criminal Investigation warns of rising elder fraud schemes
- Irving man receives lengthy federal prison sentence as part of Homeland Security Task Force investigation for trafficking fentanyl in the Eastern District of Texas
- Atlanta attorney sentenced to federal prison for serial tax evasion
- Illegal alien living in Dallas sentenced to federal prison as part of Homeland Security Task Force investigation for trafficking methamphetamine in the Eastern District of Texas
- Cherry Creek bridal shop owner sentenced to prison for failing to pay more than $1.3m in employment taxes
June 12, 2026
- Bardstown man and woman sentenced to over 30 years and 10 years in federal prison for fentanyl and cocaine trafficking operation
- Crestview drug traffickers indicted
- Eagle Pass stash house operator investigated by Homeland Security Task Force, sentenced to 18 years in federal prison
- Texas man sentenced for pandemic fraud conspiracy
- Middle Tennessee man indicted for crypto Ponzi scheme
- Wausau man pleads guilty to wire fraud and money laundering
June 11, 2026
- Two charged in connection with cryptocurrency money laundering service that allegedly laundered over $389 million in unlawful transactions
- Two Utah men charged with conspiring to defraud the IRS and the Small Business Administration of $5.5 million
- Federal jury convicts Saluda County man and Charlotte, NC, woman for $25m wire fraud and money laundering scheme
- Sioux Falls man sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine
- Springfield, Missouri-based investment professional pleads guilty to wire fraud, money laundering and embezzling retirement funds
- Husband and wife plead guilty in international property theft scheme
- Four defendants plead guilty to federal crimes related to the murder of Puerto Rico Police Sergeant Eliezer Ramos Vélez in Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) prosecution
June 10, 2026
- Texas couple sentenced for running an illegal pyramid scheme
- Orange County man arrested on federal criminal complaint alleging he defrauded bank out of nearly $100 million
- Convictions through guilty pleas and sentencings in Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) prosecutions (June 1 through June 5, 2026)
- San Antonio heroin dealer sentenced in Homeland Security Task Force case
- TD bank insider sentenced to prison for accepting bribes, laundering millions to Colombia
- Man surrenders for role in Feeding Our Future fraud scheme
- Illegal alien living in Dallas sentenced to federal prison as part of Homeland Security Task Force investigation for trafficking cocaine in the Eastern District of Texas
- Homeland Security Task Force investigation leads to 17 convictions related to a methamphetamine trafficking organization in Angelina County
June 9, 2026
- Illegal alien living in Rockwall County sentenced to federal prison as part of Homeland Security Task Force investigation for trafficking methamphetamine in the Eastern District of Texas
- Orlando man sentenced to prison for construction payroll scheme that defrauded the IRS and workers’ compensation insurers
- Newcastle, Washington, man sentenced to 5 years in prison for helping overseas fraudsters smuggle their proceeds via money transfers and bitcoin
- Globe man receives four years in federal prison for conspiring to distribute fentanyl
- U.S. Attorney’s Office and Homeland Security Task Force secure eight-year sentence for man on the FBI Most Wanted list
- Jacksonville man pleads guilty to federal fraud and tax crimes
- Georgia man pleads guilty to scamming victims out of tens of thousands of dollars
- St. Louis tax preparer sentenced as result of stealing clients’ Economic Impact Payments (EIPs)
June 8, 2026
- Homeland Security Task Force investigation results in convictions for 11 drug traffickers
- New York City man charged with theft of government property
- Nine coconspirators convicted in drug, money laundering, and $4.5 million COVID-19 relief fraud conspiracies
- Jury finds Norcross man guilty of laundering more than $400,000 in proceeds from fraudulent tax refunds
- Three New Mexico men charged in elk tag fraud and tax conspiracy scheme
- Four abusive tax shelter promoters found guilty in $40m nationwide tax evasion scheme
- Former Brookline doctor sentenced to more than four years in prison for health care fraud and tax fraud
June 5, 2026
- Needham Parks and Recreation Chairman arrested on fraud and tax charges
- Five Massachusetts and Rhode Island men indicted for operating cross-state drug dispatch network that flooded New Hampshire with methamphetamine and fentanyl, in New Hampshire Homeland Security Task Force investigation
- Man sentenced to more than 26 years in prison for using the dark web to distribute narcotics
- Mexican man gets 16 years in federal prison for aggravated smuggling conspiracy investigated by Homeland Security Task Force
- Three New Mexico men charged with conspiracy to transport aliens and conspiracy to kill a witness as a result of Joint Task Force Alpha and Homeland Security Task Force investigation
- Greece woman sentenced for her role in retail theft ring involving hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of stolen merchandise
- New Hampshire business owner sentenced for obstruction of justice
- Homeland Security Task Force case results in 30-year federal prison sentence for Oklahoma drug trafficker
- Arrests, drug seizures, and federal drug trafficking charges surge in San Francisco through coordinated federal-local law enforcement efforts
June 4, 2026
- Seven charged with scheme to cash stolen U.S. Treasury checks throughout New England
- Homeland Security Task Force investigation leads to the sentencing of illegal alien from Mexico operating as local leader of drug trafficking organization with ties to CJNG cartel
- Illegal alien found with more than a kilogram of cocaine and a firearm sentenced to serve nine years in federal prison as part of Homeland Security Task Force investigation
- Addiction Recovery Care founder indicted for wire fraud and money laundering
- San Diego CPA pleads guilty to $5 million tax fraud schemes
- Former Mercer County pharmacist sentenced to 120 months’ imprisonment after convictions for illegally distributing oxycodone from Trenton pharmacy
- Member of local drug trafficking organization sentenced to 10 years for distributing drugs in Homeland Security Task Force case
- New River couple sentenced for $12 million AHCCCS fraud scheme
June 3, 2026
- Former Newark deputy mayor and director of the Newark Department of Economic and Housing Development sentenced to prison for scheming to obtain bribes
- Illegal alien, unlawfully present in U.S., sentenced to six years in prison for trafficking cocaine and fentanyl for an organization that targeted homeless encampments and Seattle’s Chinatown-International District
- Indictments, convictions through guilty pleas, and sentencings in Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) prosecutions (May 26 through May 29, 2026)
- Scam Center Strike Force announces results of U.S. & private industry ‘Disruption Week’
- New Orleans woman charged for $1.3 million COVID fraud and tax evasion
- CEO of Iran tech company arrested on federal charge of supplying U.S. equipment to Iran’s nuclear and military establishment
- Owners of nationwide nail salon business plead guilty to tax crimes
- Ringleader sentenced to 122 months in prison in connection with $63 million mail theft conspiracy that included two postal employees
- Maryland man pleads guilty to tax fraud crimes in connection with unemployment insurance fraud conspiracy
June 2, 2026
- Illegal alien, co-leader of nationwide drug trafficking ring, who plotted to kill Centralia, Washington police officer, sentenced to 15 years in prison
- Final defendant sentenced to prison in multimillion dollar tax refund fraud scheme
- Leader of drug trafficking organization sentenced to 234 months for fentanyl analogue distribution and money laundering conspiracies
- Maryland man sentenced for role in HSTF multimillion-dollar money laundering conspiracy case
- Danbury preschool owner admits failure to pay more than $600k in employment taxes
- Two Rochester men charged with narcotics conspiracy in superseding indictment
June 1, 2026
- Jamaican national pleads guilty to role in international sweepstakes scam that stole more than $9 million from elderly victims
- Florida resident sentenced to 5 years for obtaining fraudulent COVID loans, scams targeting investors, and stealing government property
- Homeland Security Task Force: Naugatuck man found with 21 kilos of cocaine pleads guilty
- RAD Diversified REIT co-founder indicted for submitting false information during the purchase of his $1.6 million house
- Two defendants convicted of engaging in a massive enterprise to distribute fake pharmaceuticals online that resulted in death
- Former bank employee sentenced to 18 months in prison for embezzling more than $800,000
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