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Current news
May 15, 2026
- Social media influencer indicted for evading taxes by making false statements on his tax returns
- Former Seattle area real estate broker sentenced to prison for fraud on investors and the IRS
- Defendants sentenced to prison in COVID-19 employment tax credit fraud scheme
May 14, 2026
- Leader of Alaska drug trafficking organization sentenced to 15 years in Homeland Security Task Force case
- Kansas City man sentenced to 36 months for COVID-19 fraud
- Pittsburgh drug trafficker sentenced to 12 years in prison for role in network that brought kilogram quantities of cocaine to Western Pennsylvania
- California political consultant and former public official pleads guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud, filing a false tax return, and making false statements
- Kansas City tax preparer sentenced for filing false tax returns
- Lancaster Medical LLC agrees to pay $500,000 to resolve allegations related to Paycheck Protection Program eligibility
- Colorado business owner pleads guilty to filing a false tax return
May 13, 2026
- German citizen charged with laundering funds linked to prominent darknet marketplace “Dream Market”
- Border security and immigration enforcement prosecutions rise in New Mexico during first year of current administration
- Indictments, convictions through guilty pleas, and sentencings in Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) prosecutions
- Louisiana woman sentenced for wire fraud and failure to pay employment taxes
- Illegal aliens and convicted felons sentenced for transnational drug trafficking and money laundering
- Suburban Chicago man sentenced to nine years in prison for immigration fraud, possession of child pornography, and tax offenses
- Administrator of charity program for Virginia state employees sentenced for stealing over $1.5M
- Mary Esther fraudster pleads guilty in federal court
- Delaware business owner sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for multi-year tax evasion scheme
- Former multinational consulting company finance director convicted in decade-long multimillion-dollar fraud and money laundering scheme
- Former CEO of West Michigan nonprofit sentenced to 70 months in federal prison
- Mexican national illegally living in Arlington sentenced to 20 years in federal prison as part of Homeland Security Task Force investigation for trafficking methamphetamine in the Eastern District of Texas
- South Puget Sound former financial advisor sentenced to three years in prison for stealing nearly $1 million from elderly client
- Former New York state judge and Brooklyn real estate investor charged with wire fraud conspiracy
- Grosse Pointe Woods doctor convicted of tax charges
- Homeland Security Task Force investigation into methamphetamine trafficking leads to lengthy federal prison sentence for Dallas man
- Brooklyn woman sentenced in $600 million COVID tax credit scheme
May 12, 2026
- HSTF investigation results in the largest methamphetamine seizure in New Jersey history
- Nigerian national admits to role in email scam
- Arcadia professional tax preparer indicted for filing false tax forms
- Sampson County drug boss sentenced to 50 years in federal prison
- Utah doctor and two nurses charged with health care fraud after submitting false claims to Medicare and receiving millions in payout
- Homeland Security Task Force investigation leads to indictment of four illegal aliens from South America in million-dollar multistate burglary ring
- Cheshire man who defrauded pandemic relief program is sentenced
- Mexican national convicted of preparing false tax returns for clients
- Louisville man sentenced to 8 years in federal prison for years-long drug money laundering conspiracy and obstruction of justice
- Byron Center resident sentenced to prison for tax evasion
- Jefferson County businessman sentenced to 18 months in prison for failing to pay taxes on behalf of employees
May 11, 2026
- Former president and CEO of failed bank pleads guilty to bank fraud
- Five defendants charged following investigations by the Nashville Homeland Security Task Force
- Canadian illegal alien and co-conspirator charged in $13 million cryptocurrency fraud scheme
- Apopka man sentenced to federal prison for COVID-19 fraud
- Pawn shop owner pleads guilty to purchasing, trafficking millions of dollars of stolen goods
May 8, 2026
- Slovakian administrator of darknet market that sold drugs and stolen personal information sentenced to 200 months in prison
- Additional charges files against Massachusetts state representative
- Brentwood attorney pleads guilty to tax fraud
- Seven additional Canadian nationals charged in connection with nationwide multimillion-dollar “grandparent scam” following Homeland Security Task Force investigation
- Former Primary Health Network facilities manager sentenced to 2.5 years in prison for role in defrauding non-profit medical organization
- Two illegal immigrants indicted in Homeland Security Task Force Investigation, accused of hiring at least 10 others
- Colin Jackson convicted of participating in scheme to defraud automobile insurance company
- U.K. executive pleads guilty to tax fraud conspiracy
May 7, 2026
- Rochester man pleads guilty for conspiring to defraud victims, including taxpayers, of more than $2 million and money laundering
- Former president and CEO of failed Oklahoma bank pleads guilty to bank fraud
- South Portland man sentenced for preparing false tax returns
- South Florida tax preparer admits to wire fraud in $4.1 million PPP loan scheme
- Meriden man sentenced to 6 years in federal prison for narcotics and firearm offenses
- Eleven men charged in D.C. in federal indictment targeting transnational methamphetamine and GBL drug trafficking organization
- Mother and daughter sentenced to federal prison for defrauding the CNMI public school system
- Ten indicted in drug trafficking conspiracies in Homeland Security Task Force investigation
- Homeland Security Task Force indicts 18 defendants in wide-ranging drug trafficking organization operating out of S2 real estate owned properties
May 6, 2026
- Springfield, Illinois woman sentenced for wire fraud
- Marrero woman guilty of tax fraud and PPP fraud
- Former Rohnert Park police officers sentenced to 30 months and 20 months in federal prison after convictions for conspiracy to commit extortion, impersonating federal officers, obstruction of justice, and other charges related to marijuana seizure scheme
- Former account manager at Beverly Hills business management firm charged with embezzling more than $2 million from celebrity client
- Recent indictments, convictions through guilty pleas, and sentencings in Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) prosecutions
- Shelby County man charged in multimillion-dollar COVID-19 loan fraud scheme
- ‘GothFerrari’ sentenced to 78 months in prison for role in massive cryptocurrency heist
- Two Orlando residents sentenced for $148 million construction payroll scheme that defrauded the IRS and workers’ compensation insurers
- California man sentenced to 84 months in prison for marijuana conspiracy and money laundering
May 5, 2026
- California tax preparer pleads guilty to filing false returns and fraudulently obtaining COVID benefits; causing more than $25 million in losses to the government
- U.S. Attorney’s Office hosts health care fraud consortium workshop with federal partners
- Local banker indicted for bank fraud conspiracy involving millions
- Two Northern Virginia men sentenced to prison for years-long drug trafficking conspiracy following Homeland Security Task Force investigation
- Chicago police sergeant charged in federal court with fraudulently obtaining COVID-relief loans
- Two brothers and a public official sentenced to a collective 55 years in prison for fraud and bribery conspiracy
May 4, 2026
- Mercer Island man who was arrested with drugs and an arsenal including Glock “switches” and 3D printed guns sentenced to prison
- Collaboration between federal, state, and local law enforcement leads to major drug and firearm seizures in Broome County
- Manchester man sentenced to more than 5 years in federal prison for narcotics and firearm offenses
- Kissimmee man sentenced to over three years for filing a false tax return
May 1, 2026
- Tennessee man pleads guilty to wire fraud
- Former U.S. congressman and lobbyist convicted of acting as unregistered agents of Venezuela in connection with $50 million contract
- Former IRS revenue agent charged with embezzling more than $12 million and money laundering as the then-CFO and controller of New Jersey-based company
- High-ranking Sinaloa Cartel member sentenced for drug distribution and money laundering conspiracy
- Minneapolis men sentenced for RICO and fentanyl trafficking convictions
- Grand jury indicts six defendants in financial fraud scheme impacting victims across the country
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