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Feb. 27, 2026
- Three charged with trafficking methamphetamine on behalf of Mexico-based trafficker
- Westchester construction contractor pleads guilty to filing false tax returns
- Oyster Bay resident sentenced to 108 months in prison for $30 million investment fraud scheme and selling foreign nationals access to prominent U.S. politicians
- Former CEO of non-profit nursing home pleads guilty to misapplication of property
- New River couple convicted of $12 million AHCCCS fraud scheme
- Pasadena commercial real estate broker sentenced to 2 years in federal prison for years-long pattern of obstructing the IRS
- Leader of nationwide theft ring who purchased stolen catalytic converters from Sacramento for $38 million pleads guilty
- Former New York national sales director sentenced to three years in prison for kickback scheme
- Armed felon and methamphetamine trafficker from Oahu sentenced to over 14 years in federal prison
- Louisiana man pleads guilty to committing COVID relief fraud while in prison
Feb. 26, 2026
- Kansas City man pleads guilty to COVID-19 fraud
- Victoria man sentenced for laundering nearly $600,000 in drug proceeds
- Real estate broker pleads guilty to avoiding reporting requirements and obstruction of justice
- Zachary man sentenced to 180 months in federal prison for convictions of multiple drug charges
- Cedar Rapids drug trafficker sentenced to federal prison
- Sinaloa Cartel leader charged with narcoterrorism, material support of terrorism and drug trafficking
- D.C. Scam Center Strike Force seizures of cryptocurrency from Chinese transnational criminals tops $580 million
- Prominent lawyer Thomas Goldstein convicted of tax evasion and mortgage fraud
- Springfield business owner pleads guilty to COVID-19 fraud and money laundering
- Bridal shop owner pleads guilty to employment tax crimes
- Memphis tax preparer pleads guilty to preparing false returns for clients
- Oregon business owner sentenced to federal prison for employment tax crimes
Feb. 25, 2026
- Leader of Anchorage drug trafficking organization sentenced to 30 years
- Kansas City woman sentenced to 87 months for COVID-19 fraud and identity theft
Feb. 24, 2026
- IRS-CI data shows BSA filings are used in nearly all its investigations
- Port Saint Lucie tax preparer sentenced to prison for tax fraud and lying on naturalization application
- Ten drug dealers handed lengthy federal prison sentences for trafficking kilos of fentanyl, meth, and cocaine
- Goliath Ventures CEO arrested for wire fraud and money laundering
- Kodiak man sentenced to 20 years for role in 2022 fatal fentanyl overdose
- Texas doctor sentenced to 8.5 years in prison for $145 million health care fraud scheme
Feb. 23, 2026
- Cedar Rapids man sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking
- Four-time congressional candidate sentenced to 4 years in prison for funneling campaign money to himself via his mother and friend
- Suspended Los Angeles lawyer sentenced to over 7 years in federal prison for receiving $2.1 million bribe payment from oil company
- Man from Netherlands sentenced to 20 years in prison for drug trafficking and money laundering
- Members of Jacksonville drug trafficking organization sentenced to prison for role in drive-by shooting on I-95
Feb. 20, 2026
- Las Cruces woman pleads guilty to methamphetamine trafficking
- Houston resident sentenced to decade in prison for laundering proceeds from $40 million fraud scheme
- Resident of Cyprus sentenced to 18 months in prison for money laundering
- Cameroonian national sentenced for unemployment insurance benefits fraud
- Former pastor sentenced for embezzling from a local church
- Newcastle, Washington, man pleads guilty to laundering nearly $100 million in proceeds of investment fraud scheme
- Last defendant in primary health network fraud scheme convicted by jury for wire fraud
Feb. 19, 2026
- Bergen County accountant admits to defrauding investors through multi-million-dollar Ponzi scheme and failing to file income tax returns
- Five individuals charged with multi-million-dollar mortgage and apartment fraud scheme
- Pembroke man sentenced for misusing CARES Act funds to purchase the Angus Lea golf course
- Gang member sentenced to 29 years for role in sex trafficking operation
- San Francisco tow company operator sentenced to five years for arson conspiracy and more than two years for mail and wire fraud conspiracy
- Former police officer sentenced to three years in prison for inheritance scam
- Former Troup County payroll manager sentenced for embezzling more than $500,000 in government funds
- Tucson airman and his spouse indicted for defrauding the Department of War of millions
- Longview tax preparer guilty in tax fraud scheme
Feb. 18, 2026
- Nigerian man sentenced to eight years in prison for computer intrusion and theft
- Two Mexican nationals removed to U.S. to face federal drug trafficking charges in New Mexico
- Easton man sentenced to three years in prison for wire fraud
- Jacksonville tax preparer sentenced to prison for preparing over $1.8 million in fraudulent tax returns
- Georgia resident sentenced to 20 months for role in conspiracy to obstruct IRS
- Oregon business owner sent to prison for employment tax crimes
- President of insurance brokerage firm and CEO of marketing company sentenced in $233m Affordable Care Act enrollment fraud scheme that preyed on vulnerable consumers
- Former union president and former lobbyist sentenced for stealing union funds and lying to federal investigators
- Home repairmen sentenced to prison for tax fraud after failing to report income earned overcharging elderly clients for repairs
- New York man sentenced to eight months in prison for kickback scheme
- Texas and Maryland women plead guilty to COVID fraud
Feb. 17, 2026
- Alleged major Sinaloa Cartel drug trafficker appears in San Diego court
- Virginia landlord sentenced to prison for obstructing the IRS and willfully failing to file tax returns
- Former Connecticut resident sentenced to 90 months for operating $4 million investment fraud scheme, tax evasion
- Bank insider pleads guilty to facilitating fraud schemes from inside two financial institutions
- California man sentenced to 19 years in federal prison for drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracy
- Glendale man sentenced to nearly 5 years in federal prison for role in darknet network that sold and distributed narcotics nationwide
Feb. 13, 2026
- California man sentenced in connection with drug trafficking crimes
- Two men sentenced for their roles in mail theft and check fraud scheme
- Leader of Tijuana-based fentanyl trafficking organization sentenced
- Miami man charged in connection with grandparent scam and failure to appear
- New Castle man involved in Puerto Rico-sourced cocaine trafficking operation pleads guilty to narcotics and firearm charges
- New York man sentenced to 14 months in prison for kickback scheme
- Source of supply for major drug trafficking ring appears in U.S. District Court in Seattle following transfer from Mexico
- Erie man charged with bank fraud and money laundering in relation to falsified applications for pandemic relief funds
Feb. 12, 2026
- Federal court sentences four defendants in $11.5 million COVID-19 fraud scheme
- Leader of Jacksonville drug trafficking organization sentenced to 35 years for his role in drive-by shooting on I-95
- Former NYPD official and Florida businessman charged with bribery offenses
- Wolcott man indicted for cryptocurrency fraud scheme
- Praetorian Group International CEO sentenced to 20 years in prison for $200M bitcoin Ponzi scheme
- Greece pawn shop owner going to prison for his role in retail theft ring involving hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of stolen merchandise
- Salvadoran national pleads guilty to selling firearms without a license
- Cleaning service owner pleads guilty to employment tax crimes
- Third leader charged in multi-state forced labor conspiracy involving Kingdom of God Global Church
- Two men arrested in connection with seizure of tens of thousands of counterfeit pills
- Three adult Sinaloa Cartel associates charged in conspiracy to use teen hitmen to kill cartel target
Feb. 11, 2026
- Jefferson County businessman admits failing to pay taxes on behalf of employees
- Lexington man sentenced for money laundering and wire fraud involving COVID relief loans
- Virtual asset trading platform sentenced for violating the travel act and other federal criminal charges
- Winter Haven tax preparer sentenced to more than six years in federal prison and ordered to pay over $1.6 million in restitution to the IRS
Feb. 10, 2026
- Five indicted by federal grand jury for fraud offenses and money laundering
- Dallas man sentenced to 27 years in federal prison for trafficking heroin and methamphetamine in the Eastern District of Texas
- CEO of digital asset company SafeMoon sentenced to 100 months in prison for multimillion dollar crypto-fraud scheme
- Fraud tourists plead guilty to Minneapolis Medicaid fraud
- U.S. Attorney’s Office, FBI, and HSI announce creation of regional Homeland Security Task Force to combat violent crime and transnational organized crime
- Honduran national sentenced to six years in prison for repeated arrests for possession and distribution of fentanyl
- Las Cruces man charged in federal drug trafficking and firearms case
- Former president and vice president of Jacksonville Teachers Union sentenced to federal prison for embezzling millions in union funds
- Suburban Chicago tax preparer indicted for allegedly preparing more than 25 fraudulent tax returns
Feb. 9, 2026
- Minnesota man indicted for filing and conspiring to file false tax returns requesting hundreds of millions of dollars in undeserved tax refunds from the IRS
- Memphis tax preparers plead guilty to conspiracy and preparing false returns for clients
- Two Queens men charged with $120m adult day care and pharmacy fraud on Medicare and Medicaid
- Dominican citizen extradited to the United States from the British Virgin Islands to face drug trafficking charges
- Fresno man pleads guilty to filing $1.5 million in false tax returns
- Start spreading the news: New York-licensed attorney and accomplice sentenced in large-scale interstate email scam scheme
Feb. 7, 2026
Feb. 6, 2026
- 18th Street Gang associate from El Salvador sentenced for dealing fentanyl
- Former MLB player found guilty of obstructing justice and lying to federal officials investigating illegal sports gambling ring
- Members of Tacoma street gang are indicted for drug and gun trafficking
- Minocqua man sentenced to over six years for wire fraud and money laundering
- Glastonbury men charged with using thousands of stolen identities to defraud FanDuel and other online gambling sites of $3 million
- Seattle man sentenced to 35 years in prison following September 2025 conviction by jury for role in transnational drug trafficking organization
- Four Wisconsin residents charged with fraud in embezzlement scheme
- Rhode Island businesswoman sentenced to more than three years in prison for money laundering
- Salvadoran national sentenced for dealing fentanyl
Feb. 5, 2026
- New Gloucester man pleads guilty to presenting counterfeit Treasury checks
- Final defendant pleads guilty in $17 million pandemic fraud scheme
- North Carolina man sentenced to federal prison for tax fraud
- Fort Lauderdale financial advisor sentenced to 20 years for $94 million international investment fraud scheme
- South Carolina man and coal mine owner sentenced for tax fraud
- Eight indicted in Denver metro area on drug, weapon, and money laundering charges
- Former Luzerne County attorney sentenced to four years in prison for tax evasion
- Chesterfield woman pleads guilty to defrauding numerous COVID-19 programs and tax charges
- Florida man pleads guilty to biofuel fraud conspiracy
Feb. 4, 2026
- Three defendants indicted for $447,000 COVID-19 fraud
- Casper businessman sent to prison for tax violations
- First defendant in drug trafficking organization dealing in the International District and homeless encampments sentenced to 30 months in prison
- Large-scale Bessemer drug trafficking ring indicted
- Boston man sentenced to one year in prison for bank fraud and wire fraud
- Memphis woman sentenced to 8 years in federal prison for defrauding Department of Veterans Affairs of over $2.9 million
- Utah business owner of Urban Armz LLC sentenced to two years’ imprisonment after defrauding victims $591,932
- Lakeland tax preparer sentenced to 57 months in federal prison and ordered to pay the Internal Revenue Service nearly $13 million in restitution
Feb. 3, 2026
- Mechanicsburg man pleads guilty to tax evasion
- Four charged in multi-state SNAP and PUA fraud conspiracy
- Former owner of Philadelphia restaurant pleads guilty to tax evasion
Feb. 2, 2026
- Federal jury convicts two brothers and a public official who orchestrated elaborate fraud and bribery conspiracy
- Violent domestic abuser sentenced to federal prison for pandemic fraud scheme
- Ohio couple sentenced for arson in profit scheme to fraudulently collect millions in insurance payouts
- Tennessee man sentenced to five years for wire fraud, money laundering, and making a false claim to the IRS
- Webster man charged with unlawfully selling firearms
- Southern Utah man admits to wire fraud in an $89m investment scheme with over 200 victims
- Previously removed undocumented Mexican national indicted for $1m Ponzi scheme that defrauded approximately 30 investors in Utah