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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
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
May 31, 2026
May 29, 2026
- Laplace woman guilty of COVID-19 relief fraud
- Fort Pierce man sentenced to 18 months in prison for biofuel fraud conspiracy
- Louisiana woman pleads guilty to pandemic relief scheme
- Towing company owner pleads guilty to conspiring to bribe Bexar County Sheriff
- Lowell father and daughter arrested for tax fraud
- Non-citizen pleads guilty to fraudulently voting in numerous elections
- Former DuBois city employee pleads guilty to helping to embezzle and launder $1.5 million from city funds
- New Britain man sentenced to 5 years in federal prison for trafficking cocaine
May 28, 2026
- Sussex County man convicted for $2.1 million COVID-19 fraud scheme
- Lowell man pleads guilty to hiding more than $6 million in payroll
- NOLA man guilty of drug trafficking as part of Homeland Security Task Force investigation following Interstate-10 traffic stop in the Eastern District of Texas
- Bank insider pleads guilty to facilitating fraud schemes at two financial institutions
- Port Arthur woman guilty of drug trafficking as part of Homeland Security Task Force investigation in the Eastern District of Texas
- Father and son contractors admit tax evasion, payroll tax fraud, and fraudulently obtaining a loan meant to help small businesses during COVID-19 pandemic and related offenses
- Illegal alien from India sentenced to 10 years in Homeland Security Task Force investigation of sex trafficking of minors
- Blood test lab owner sentenced to more than 4 years in federal prison for using shill to collect Medicare payments to evade $11.2 million in taxes
- Mexican national illegally living in Dallas sentenced to 18 years in federal prison as part of Homeland Security Task Force investigation for trafficking methamphetamine in the Eastern District of Texas
- Culver City restauranteur sentenced to nearly 3.5 years in federal prison for fraudulently obtaining over $4 million in COVID business loans
- Homeland Security Task Force investigation into firearms trafficking results in federal prison sentence in the Eastern District of Texas for Oklahoma man
May 27, 2026
- Indian national pleads guilty to his involvement in a multimillion-dollar illegal gambling conspiracy
- FBI-Kansas City and KCPD honored for efforts to reduce youth opioid overdoses
- Federal jury convicts two out-of-state residents in pandemic relief fraud scheme
- Homeland Security Task Force: Woodbridge man found with 21 kilos of cocaine pleads guilty
- Man who transported $9 million in illicit cash proceeds for Mexico-based drug trafficking organization sentenced to six years in federal prison
- Investigative and prosecutorial results for the week of May 18 through May 22, 2026, as result of partnership with Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF)
- Security company owner pleads guilty to embezzling over $26 million from girlfriend’s employer
May 26, 2026
- Florida woman pleads guilty for her role in bank fraud scheme
- Casino owner Andy Sanborn charged with misusing over $250,000 of CARES Act funds
- Houston man sentenced to federal prison as part of Homeland Security Task Force investigation in ATM hook and chain crime spree involving Prosper banks
- Grand Prairie man gets 20 years in federal prison for alien smuggling conspiracy investigated by Homeland Security Task Force
May 24, 2026
May 22, 2026
- Sacramento man sentenced to 12 months in prison for defrauding the IRS of over $270,000
- Ten-time convicted scammer charged in new $1.5 million romance fraud targeting elderly woman
- Jefferson County man guilty of drug trafficking as part of Homeland Security Task Force investigation in the Eastern District of Texas
- Pittsburgh man pleads guilty to conspiring to distribute fentanyl and cocaine
- Oro Valley man charged with wire fraud and money laundering for defrauding investors in business scheme
- United States seeks civil forfeiture of real properties and vehicles purchased with proceeds of Goliath Ventures fraud scheme
- Feeding Our Future ringleader sentenced to 500 months
May 21, 2026
- Homeland Security Task Force wrapped up the prosecution of seven illegal aliens from Guatemalan that smuggled aliens into the United States
- New Jersey man admits his role in a scheme involving the theft of more than $250,000
- Former CEO of non-profit nursing home sentenced for misapplication of property
- Florida businessman sentenced to prison for evading $3.7 million in taxes
- Bozeman woman sentenced to prison for bank fraud and money laundering
- Mexican national sentenced for cocaine distribution and illegal firearm possession
- Collaboration between federal and local law enforcement leads to seizures of drugs, guns and money
- Treasury Department designates Sinaloa-connected Mexican national indicted in Colorado
- A national from Turkey pleads guilty to encouraging and inducing illegal aliens to reside within the US illegally
May 20, 2026
- Guam bingo operators receive federal prison sentences for $34 million fraud scheme
- Dual U.S.-Nigerian citizen sentenced to over six years in prison for his role in a money laundering conspiracy
- Puerto Rico & U.S. Virgin Islands HIDTA hosts ONDCP director and federal and state law enforcement agencies to discuss Path to Zero, a USPIS law enforcement initiative to continue fighting drug trafficking in the Caribbean and the HSTF
- Traffic stop leads to federal drug and gun charges against illegal alien from Mexico following Homeland Security Task Force investigation
- Dominican national pleads guilty for role in drug trafficking conspiracy in case brought by New Hampshire Homeland Security Task Force
- Mexican national sentenced to four years in prison for tax fraud scheme
- Former United States postal employee pleads guilty to federal mail theft charges
- Former East Bay financial advisor pleads guilty to operating a long-running $9.5 million Ponzi scheme
- Investigative and prosecutorial results for the week of May 11-15, 2026, as result of partnership with Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF)
May 19, 2026
- Rockford man sentenced to three years in federal prison for COVID relief fraud and preparing false tax returns
- Tolland strip club owner pleads guilty
- Nine indicted in multicount drug and money laundering case
May 18, 2026
- Dominican national pleads guilty to role in drug trafficking conspiracy in case brought by New Hampshire’s Homeland Security Task Force
- Eighteen charged in multistate drug and money laundering conspiracy
- Arizona woman sentenced for drug conspiracy following Homeland Security Task Force investigation
- Brockton man pleads guilty to role in stolen Treasury check fraud
- Owner of California medical companies pleads guilty to stealing more than $1 million in pandemic relief funds
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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