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Nov. 5
Nov. 4
- Former Boston city official pleads guilty to pandemic fraud
- Five charged in multistate methamphetamine and fentanyl trafficking and money laundering conspiracy
- Convictions through guilty pleas and sentencings in Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) prosecutions (Oct. 26 through Oct. 30, 2026)
- HSTF investigation leads to Mexican national being sentenced to prison for drug conspiracy
- Former Oregon lumber company bookkeeper pleads guilty to embezzling nearly $1 million from employer over decade-long scheme
- Raymore woman pleads guilty to tax refund fraud scheme
- Illegal alien receives lengthy federal prison sentence as part of Homeland Security Task Force investigation into fentanyl trafficking in the Eastern District of Texas
Nov. 3
- Homeland Security Task Force investigation results in record powder fentanyl seizure and federal charges
- Maryland man pleads guilty to role in tax and COVID-fraud conspiracy
Nov. 2
- North Carolina man pleads guilty to defrauding the government out of hundreds of thousands of dollars
- Tallahassee woman pleads guilty to defrauding the Tallahassee housing authority
- Honduran national unlawfully residing in the United States sentenced to 17½ years in federal prison for selling fentanyl that resulted in a fatal overdose
- El Dorado Hills woman pleads guilty to stealing nearly $18 million from her employer
- Former Elk Grove man sentenced to 3 years in prison for filing false tax returns and using proceeds to buy gold, silver and a house
- Maryland woman sentenced for aiding and abetting deposit of counterfeit Treasury check
- Fayetteville Tech Community college professor stole $150,000 in phony COVID loan pleads guilty
- Sussex County man sentenced to 78 months in prison for $2.1 million COVID-19 fraud scheme
Oct. 30
- Illegal alien sentenced to 25 years for drug trafficking crimes
- Final defendant sentenced in interstate bank fraud conspiracy
- Bucyrus business owner pleads guilty to role in obtaining nearly $900,000 in pandemic funds
- DOJ’s Fraud Division and the United States Attorney’s Office for the District Minnesota uncover nearly $30 million in benefits fraud in enforcement surge
- Chinese nationals sentenced to prison for operating illicit massage businesses in southern Illinois
- “Ghost preparer” sentenced for role in tax return scheme
- Antiques and art dealer sentenced to more than 5 years in federal prison for $2.1 million theft scheme
- Laplace resident charged with mail fraud
- South Florida selected as first pilot location for national initiative to combat federal nutrition assistance fraud
Oct. 29
- Federal jury convicts California man and Maryland woman in cross-country cocaine trafficking operation
- 11 Kansas City-area residents indicted for $400,000 COVID fraud conspiracy
- Charlotte woman pleads guilty to federal charges for $600,000 COVID-19 fraud scheme
- Cuban nationals and Florida man sentenced for their roles in an international alien smuggling, asylum fraud, and money laundering conspiracy
- New Orleans man charged with filing false tax returns
- Maryland law enforcement partners to raise awareness about elder fraud
- Florida woman sentenced for her role in bank fraud scheme
Oct. 28
- Homeland Security Task Force: Dual Dominican and French national sentenced to more than 5 years in federal prison for trafficking firearms
- Mobile tax preparers indicted for $177 million tax fraud scheme
- Homeland Security Task Force investigation leads to indictment of 24 in Sinaloa Cartel-linked drug trafficking conspiracy
- Illegal alien associated with Mexican cartel pleads guilty to drug trafficking conspiracy
- Founder and former CEO of charity sentenced to eight years in prison for multimillion-dollar charity fraud and tax evasion
- Two men face federal charges for fraudulent insurance scheme
- U.S. Attorney’s Office and SBA Office of Inspector General announce major criminal and civil actions as Operation No Doze launches in Oregon
- Robeson County Tienda caught selling over 19 pounds of cocaine and heroin; leads to 12 years in federal prison
- Owner of now-closed adult family home sentenced to federal prison for healthcare fraud
- Owner of Somersworth pawn shop pleads guilty to transporting stolen property in organized retail crime scheme
- North Carolina man sentenced for CARES Act unemployment fraud scheme
- Rocky Mount tax preparer’s $3.9M fraud empire crumbles, she confesses guilt
- Bay Area real estate CEO sentenced to prison for defrauding investors
- Denton County man sentenced to 25 years in federal prison as part of Homeland Security Task Force investigation into drone drops at TDCJ prison
- Danbury man sentenced for filing false tax returns
- Fifteen men charged in superseding indictment targeting a transnational methamphetamine and GBL trafficking organization
- Convictions through guilty pleas and sentencings in Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) prosecutions (Oct. 19 through Oct. 23, 2026)
- Accountant sentenced to federal prison for money laundering, PPP fraud
Oct. 27
- Seattle restaurant owner sentenced to prison for failing to pay employment taxes for dozens of employees over ten years
- Nigerian man extradited from Benin to face federal charges in $100 million stolen identity tax scheme
- UK citizen and chairman of Zetland fiduciary group arrested on a money laundering indictment
- Multiple individuals arrested for health care fraud conspiracy following Homeland Security Task Force investigation
- Second defendant in largest methamphetamine seizure in New Jersey history admits to drug distribution conspiracy
- Lehigh County woman pleads guilty to scheme to defraud the government through bogus pandemic loan applications, false tax returns
- Las Vegas woman sentenced to 15 years and 8 months in prison for role in drug mailing ring involving 83 pounds of methamphetamine
Oct. 26
- Charlotte businessman pleads guilty to tax fraud
- Final defendants plead guilty in $65 million multinational fraud ring targeting thousands of seniors
- Fugitive fraudster Herb Kimble sentenced to 20 years for international healthcare fraud scheme
- Florida woman pleads guilty to identity theft and money laundering in $9.1 million nail tech licensing scheme
- Federal grand jury indicts North Texas woman in $680,000 COVID fraud and money laundering scheme
- Stanislaus County man pleads guilty in Ponzi scheme that cost nearly 90 victims more than $7 million
- Florida CPA sentenced for tax evasion
Oct. 23
- Tax preparer sentenced in $5 million tax fraud
- New Orleans woman sentenced for $1.3 million COVID fraud and tax evasion
- Rochester man going to prison for conspiring to defraud victims, including taxpayers, of more than $2,000,000 and money laundering
- Three more defendants sentenced to lengthy terms of imprisonment for federal crimes related to the murder of Puerto Rico Police Sergeant Eliezer Ramos Vélez in Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) prosecution
- Michigan man sentenced to 70 months for pandemic relief fraud
Oct. 22
- Five individuals including three doctors indicted on charges of illegal distribution of prescription drugs
- L.A. Health Care Fraud Takedown results in 15 defendants charged, including six medical professionals, with $2 billion in losses alleged
- New Jersey real estate investor and online influencer admits to committing multimillion-dollar investment fraud scheme, laundering drug proceeds, and bribing a New Jersey politician
- Meriden tax preparer charged with tax fraud offenses
- Worcester man charged with possession with intent to distribute fentanyl
Oct. 21
- Colombian national sentenced to over thirteen years for international cryptocurrency money laundering scheme of drug trafficking proceeds
- Middle District of Florida joins DOJ Fraud Division, USDA, and USDA OIG in uncovering nearly $42 million in SNAP benefit fraud during Nationwide Enforcement Surge
- Augusta businessman fails to forward payroll taxes to IRS
- Providence man pleads guilty in vehicle theft conspiracy
- Hollidaysburg man pleads guilty to cocaine trafficking and money laundering
- Homeland Security Task Force investigation leads to ten-year sentence for drug trafficking leader and supplier who possessed multiple firearms
- South L.A. man pleads guilty to scheming to defraud IRS out of $9.3 million via bogus COVID-19 business-relief tax credits
- Prolific Chinese money launderer sentenced for laundering drug trafficking proceeds following Homeland Security Task Force investigation
- East Elmhurst tax preparer convicted of defrauding the Internal Revenue Service
- U.S. Attorney’s Office announces over $3 million in fraudulent SNAP benefits uncovered in ongoing fraud crackdown
- Convictions through guilty pleas and sentencings in Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) prosecutions (Oct. 12 through Oct. 16, 2026)
- Las Vegas man sentenced to prison in $5M tax refund fraud scheme
- Third Lows gang member pleads guilty to RICO conspiracy
- Homeland Security Task Force investigation: Two Texas residents charged with offenses stemming from trade-based money laundering scheme
- Homeland Security Task Force: Uzbekistan national charged with stealing trucking cargo theft shipments
- United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan joins DOJ Fraud Division, USDA, and USDA OIG in uncovering nearly $42 million in SNAP benefit fraud during Nationwide Enforcement Surge
Oct. 20
- Homeland Security Task Force prosecution results in multiple convictions of alien smugglers in Del Rio
- Los Angeles man sentenced for using Montana shell companies in COVID relief fraud
- Former general manager of Anchorage business sentenced to jail in wire fraud, tax evasion case
- Michigan woman pleads guilty to employment tax conspiracy
- Laredo man sentenced in Homeland Security Task Force investigation involving fatal fentanyl deal
Oct. 19
Oct. 16
- Federal inmate convicted of using his time in prison to defraud local family and others
- New Haven man pleads guilty to pandemic relief program fraud offense
- Evansville tax preparer lands in federal prison for $965,000 COVID 19 tax credit fraud
- Bronx man going to prison for bank fraud conspiracy and ID theft
- Ohio electrician sentenced to 24 months in prison for role in defrauding non-profit medical organization
- Jamaican fraudster extradited to Michigan sentenced to prison for his role in nationwide fraud scheme
- U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Puerto Rico announces creation of the Interagency Fraud Enforcement Task Force
- The District of Alaska joins DOJ Fraud Division, IRS, and IRS-CI in National Tax Enforcement Surge exposing over $490 million in tax fraud
- Texas residents charged with promoting illegal tax shelter
- Waipahu woman sentenced to two years in prison for pandemic and tax fraud while earning millions from an unlicensed construction business
- Muncie man accused of falsely requesting over $1 million in COVID-19 relief tax credits
- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Tennessee joins DOJ Fraud Division, IRS, and IRS-CI in National Tax Enforcement Surge exposing tax fraud
- Philadelphia man convicted for his role in a $2 million theft
Oct. 15
- Five federally charged following multiagency investigation into drug trafficking operation run from Mexican prison following Homeland Security Task Force investigation
- Naugatuck man charged with making online threats
- Philadelphia restaurateur indicted for employment tax fraud
- Middle District of Florida joins DOJ Fraud Division, IRS, IRS-CI, and the FBI in National Tax Enforcement Surge exposing more than $490M in tax fraud
- U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Indiana joins DOJ Fraud Division, IRS, and IRS-CI in National Tax Enforcement Surge exposing $490M in tax fraud
- The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Michigan joins DOJ's Fraud Division, IRS, and IRS-CI in National Tax Enforcement Surge exposing $490 million in tax fraud
- Federal prosecutors uncover over $1.5 million in tax fraud as additional cases move forward
- Lee’s Summit man pleads guilty to defrauding millions of dollars from investors through Ponzi scheme
- United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Alabama joins DOJ Fraud Division, IRS, and IRS-CI in National Tax Enforcement Surge exposing over $490 million in tax fraud
- The Eastern District of Michigan joins DOJ Fraud Division, IRS, and IRS-CI in National Tax Enforcement Surge exposing two defendants involved in tax fraud
- U.S. Attorney’s Office for Northern Ohio joins DOJ Fraud Division and IRS partners in National Tax Enforcement Surge exposing millions in tax fraud
- Serbian national sentenced to 17 years in federal prison as part of Homeland Security Task Force investigation into international cocaine trafficking conspiracy
Oct. 14
- Zachary A. Keller and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Louisiana join DOJ Fraud Division, IRS, and IRS-CI in National Tax Enforcement Surge exposing $490M in tax fraud
- United States Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Louisiana joins DOJ Fraud Division, IRS, and IRS-CI in National Tax Enforcement Surge exposing $490M in tax fraud
- Florida man sentenced to prison for tax refund fraud
- Medical spa business owner pleads guilty to employment tax crimes
- Springfield man sentenced for wire fraud, money laundering in connection to embezzlement of retirement funds
- Denver man sentenced to 30 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to bank fraud, money laundering
- DOJ’s Fraud Division, IRS, and IRS-CI expose more than $490M in tax fraud in National Tax Enforcement Surge
- Phoenix man sentenced to 10 years in prison for $2.2 million COVID-19 fraud scheme and firearm offenses
- Plymouth man pleads guilty to defrauding small family-run business out of more than $1 million
- Thirteen, including two convicted felons, indicted for trafficking drugs from California to Kentucky and money laundering following Homeland Security Task Force investigation
- Convictions through guilty pleas and sentencings in Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) prosecutions (Oct. 5 through Oct. 9, 2026)
- Three Mexican men charged in $74 million tax refund scheme
- Owner and Chief Executive Officer of tax preparation firm pleads guilty to federal tax offenses
- Maryland man indicted on tax charges in connection with DOJ National Tax Fraud enforcement surge
- District of Minnesota joins DOJ’s Fraud Division, IRS, and IRS-CI to expose more than $490M in tax fraud in National Tax Enforcement Surge; Minneapolis father and son plead guilty to $9 million fraud conspiracy
- District of Arizona joins DOJ Fraud Division, IRS, and IRS-CI in National Tax Enforcement Surge exposing more than $490 million in tax fraud
- U.S. Attorney’s Office – District of Kansas joins DOJ Fraud Division, IRS, and IRS-CI in National Tax Enforcement Surge exposing more than $490M in tax fraud; Kansas business owner sent to prison for employment tax crimes
- The District of Maine joins DOJ Fraud Division, IRS, and IRS-CI in National Tax Enforcement Surge exposing $490M in tax fraud
- Viva Supermarkets manager found guilty of immigration document fraud, obstruction of 2 federal labor investigations and conspiracy
- The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Tennessee joins DOJ Fraud Division, IRS, and IRS-CI in National Tax Enforcement Surge exposing more than $490M in tax fraud
- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Wisconsin joins DOJ Fraud Division, IRS, and IRS-CI in National Tax Enforcement Surge
- Eastern District of Texas joins DOJ Fraud Division, IRS, and IRS-CI in National Tax Enforcement Surge exposing over $490M in tax fraud
- Arkansas non-profit founders receive maximum prison sentences for defrauding donors and the government
- The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas joins DOJ Fraud Division, IRS and IRS-CI in National Tax Enforcement Surge exposing $490 million in tax fraud
- Western District of Oklahoma joins DOJ Fraud Division, IRS, and IRS-CI in National Tax Enforcement Surge exposing $490 million in tax fraud
Oct. 13
- Cape Cod man pleads guilty to conspiring to launder proceeds of $6 million Medicare fraud scheme
- Pastor of Kirkland, Washington, church indicted on ten counts of wire fraud and five counts of money laundering in $13 million fraud scheme
- Federal investigation into kickback scheme at Evanston/Skokie School District 65 results in two more guilty pleas
- Tolland strip club owner sentenced to federal prison
- Brockton woman sentenced for theft of government funds in connection with stolen $931,000 tax refund check
- Three individuals arrested for attempting to steal more than $2 million in Treasury checks
Oct. 9
- Canadian man sentenced to prison for participation in “grandparent scam”
- Long Island tax preparer convicted of defrauding the Internal Revenue Service
- North Hollywood man sentenced to over 5 years in federal prison for COVID-19 fraud
Oct. 8
- Nigerian national sentenced for role in email scam
- Homeland Security Task Force investigation leads to 19 arrests in Alice cocaine conspiracy
- Boston public official charged with pandemic fraud
- Minnesota woman convicted in $3.6M scheme to defraud Medicaid Housing Services Program
- Long Island tax preparer sentenced to 48 months in prison for nearly $12 million tax fraud scheme
- 144 suspects arrested following Las Vegas Homeland Security Task Force investigations
- HSTF prosecution sends career drug trafficker to federal prison for 20 years
- 23 Skid Row drug dealers arrested as part of Homeland Security Task Force takedown targeting high-crime areas of Los Angeles
- Georgia man going to prison for scamming victims out of tens of thousands of dollars
Oct. 7
- Two men indicted for drug conspiracy and firearms charges
- Three charged with drug distribution
- U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon announces continued work of the Government Fraud Task Force
- Man arrested and charged for role in plotting to conduct a mass-shooting event in support of ISIS at the Mall of America
- Board chairman and co-owner of Puerto Rican bank sentenced in multimillion-dollar wire fraud conspiracy
- Illegal alien sentenced for being a courier in an investment scam
Oct. 6
- Ten-time convicted scammer pleads guilty to $1.8 million romance fraud scheme targeting two elderly women
- Former Shelby County Commissioner Edmund Ford, Jr. sentenced to two years in prison for tax evasion
- Philadelphia woman indicted for sprawling scheme to defraud the government through bogus pandemic loan applications, false tax returns
- Eastern District of Texas prosecutes multiple defendants as part of Homeland Security Task Force investigations in September 2026
- Tucson income tax preparer found guilty on 22 counts of filing false federal income tax returns
- Former president of 26 U.S.C. § 501(C)(3) non-profit organization pleads guilty to using organization to defraud charitable matching programs and to falsifying tax returns
- Springfield man sentenced to 153 months in federal prison for submitting false documents to the Missouri Department of Revenue
- San Antonio tax preparer sentenced to federal prison for filing false tax returns, over $3.8 million in restitution
- Mexican national sentenced to 40 years in federal prison for methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy as a result of Homeland Security Task Force investigation
- Former TD Bank employee pleads guilty to accepting bribes, laundering $4.8 million to Colombia
Oct. 5
- Omaha woman sentenced for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine
- Lead defendant in multi-state SNAP and PUA fraud conspiracy sentenced to two years in federal prison
- Self-proclaimed ‘Godfather’ sentenced to over 6 years in prison for fraud, tax evasion, and using LASD deputies to torment his opponents
- Bakersfield man sentenced to one year in prison for transferring $5M abroad through illegal money transmitting operation
- Trumbull man admits role in Success Village Apartments embezzlement conspiracy
- U.S. Attorney and DEA San Antonio Field Division announce new Overdose Task Force to combat drug related overdoses
Oct. 2
- Warren County fraudster sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment
- Two individuals plead to roles in $11 million bank fraud conspiracy
- Massachusetts man convicted of laundering $1.2M from Internet-enabled romance scams
- Baltimore man pleads guilty in cross-country drug-trafficking HSTF case
- Foreign national among defendants charged in seven-count housing and Social Security fraud scheme
- Former US Congressman sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for secretly acting as agent of Venezuelan government
Oct. 1
- Two Minnesota men plead guilty to defrauding Medicaid housing services program
- Texas woman sentenced to 18 months in prison for wire fraud
- Yonkers tax preparer pleads guilty after causing nearly $6 million in tax loss
- Flushing, NY man pleads guilty in transnational fraud scheme targeting elderly victims
- United States Attorney’s Office announces creation of Interagency Fraud Task Force in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- Fifteen alleged members and associates of the Untouchable Gorilla Stone Nation charged in bank fraud conspiracy
- St. Paul man sentenced to 33 months’ imprisonment for defrauding $1.6 million in federal child nutrition program funds as part of the Feeding Our Future fraud scheme
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