August 2024 Criminal Investigation press releases

Aug. 30, 2024

• Fremont home construction contractor sentenced to five years in prison for bank fraud and money laundering
• Madison investment advisor sentenced to 4 and a half years for wire fraud and tax evasion

Aug. 29, 2024

• Wisconsin man sentenced to prison for COVID-19 program fraud
• Culver City restauranteur pleads guilty to fraudulently obtaining more than $4 million in COVID-19 business relief loans
• New York man sentenced to nearly 8 years for distributing crack cocaine, money laundering and possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking
• New England accountant admits filing false tax returns
• Wisconsin man sentenced for fentanyl trafficking
• New England man admits embezzling $2 million from Connecticut business, tax evasion
• Arizona man pleads guilty to COVID loan fraud and tax fraud​​

Aug. 28, 2024

• Wisconsin home construction contractor sentenced to five years in prison for bank fraud and money laundering
• Owner of Pittsburgh resale businesses convicted at trial of running lucrative interstate fencing operation involving the sale of hundreds of thousands of stolen retail items
• San Francisco tow company operator charged in second insurance fraud case
• Scranton attorney pleads guilty to multiple charges of failing to pay income taxes
• Pueblo man sentenced for evading income tax
• Dark web vendor pleads guilty to distributing fentanyl through the mail
• Pennsylvania man pleads guilty to filing false tax return
• New York bank manager sentenced to 114 months for scheme to hire a hitman to murder her own brother-in-law
• Former church office manager sentenced for bank fraud and ordered to repay more than $910k
• Mastermind of $5 million unemployment fraud scheme and accomplices sentenced to prison
• Pennsylvania man pleads guilty to cocaine violation
• Maryland man sentenced for fraudulently obtaining more than $3.5 million in COVID-19 CARES Act loans
• Spokane resident sentenced for fraudulently obtaining more than $360,000 in COVID-19 relief funding

Aug. 27, 2024

• Former real estate executive sentenced to 14 months in prison for defrauding Williams Sonoma
• Cincinnati woman sentenced to 2 years in prison for laundering money for online romance scammers
• Atlanta’s former chief financial officer sentenced to federal prison
• Disbarred personal injury lawyer Tom Girardi found guilty of defrauding clients out of tens of millions of dollars
• Owners of local real estate investment company indicted in federal court for fraud
• Georgia businessman sentenced for failing to pay more than $2.4M in payroll taxes

Aug. 26, 2024

• Pennsylvania man pleads guilty to heroin and cocaine trafficking
• West Virginia physician admits to tax fraud

Aug. 23, 2024

• Pennsylvania woman pleads guilty to methamphetamine trafficking
• Florida man pleads guilty to violent kidnapping of rival drug trafficker
• Twelve individuals in Central Florida, Puerto Rico, and South Carolina charged with murder, drug trafficking, money laundering, firearms offenses and fraud
• Conspirators in multimillion dollar international money laundering scheme sentenced to federal prison
• Arizona business owner who exploited the American Indian Health Plan sentenced to over 5 years for AHCCCS fraud

Aug. 22, 2024

• Boston-area woman charged and agrees to plead guilty to embezzling more than $1.3M
• New Jersey man charged in COVID-19 fraud scheme
• Fraudster sentenced to more than 4 years in prison for defrauding farmers out of $1.2 million
• Former executive of injured child benefit program charged with stealing over $4.8 million
• Georgia mechanic pleads guilty to tampering with logging equipment to evade environmental controls
• Owner of North Carolina high performance car business pleads guilty to employment tax crime

Aug. 21, 2024

• Johnstown woman pleads guilty to heroin and cocaine trafficking
• Over 20 defendants sentenced to prison in multimillion dollar national COVID-19 fraud scheme
• Second defendant charged in connection with cattle theft scheme
• Former luxury homebuilder sentenced for fraud conspiracy
• Philadelphia man pleads guilty to cocaine trafficking charge
• Ohio man pleads guilty to money laundering
• Restitution hearing set for former Roswell escrow company owner convicted of fraud scheme
• Federal charges filed in St. Johns drive-by shooting on I-95
• Businesswoman sentenced for tax and mail fraud
• Husband and wife sentenced for defrauding an elderly victim out of her home and obstruction of justice
• Former Crafton resident pleads guilty to conspiring to distribute cocaine and heroin from Mexico and commit money laundering

Aug. 20, 2024

• Federal grand jury in Louisville returns 5 indictments charging 37 defendants with drug trafficking and firearms offenses
• Couple admits COVID-19 loan fraud scheme
• Scrap metal dealer pleads guilty in multi-state catalytic converter theft conspiracy
• Payroll company owner sentenced for employment tax crimes and embezzling from employees’ 401(k) plans

Aug. 19, 2024

• Former congressman George Santos pleads guilty to fraud and identity theft
• D.C. councilmember arrested on bribery charge
• Manhattan Franciscan friar charged with wire and mail fraud related to fake medical charity in Beirut, Lebanon
• Aiken man sentenced in tax evasion scheme
• South L.A. man sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison for using Instagram to solicit bank account holders to deposit stolen checks
• Businessman sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for false income tax return
• Suburban Chicago businessman sentenced to a year in prison for underreporting $1.47 million in taxes

Aug. 16, 2024

• Rochester man sentenced for his roles in illegal sports betting ring
• Charlotte car dealership owner and sales manager plead guilty to money laundering conspiracy
• Rockwood man sentenced for tax evasion and filing false income tax returns

Aug. 15, 2024

• Rollin’ 60s Neighborhood Crips gang member pleads guilty to racketeering charge
• Owner of suburban Chicago construction company sentenced to five years in prison on bribery charges

Aug. 14, 2024

• Moon Township man pleads guilty to filing false tax return, admits to causing $1.03 million tax loss
• Georgia man indicted for pandemic-related fraud and stolen identity tax refund fraud
• Bozeman construction company owner sentenced to prison, fined $75,000 for failing to pay taxes to IRS
• Woman sentenced for conspiring to smuggle drugs into Virginia prison and laundering drug money through mortgage payments
• Former attorney sentenced to 25 years in federal prison on embezzlement and fraud charges in connection with collapse of Washington Federal Bank
• Husband and wife arrested for fraud, money laundering, and tax offenses
• Local restauranteur charged with filing false tax returns
• Former Luzerne County attorney pleads guilty to tax evasion
• Tampa man sentenced to 33 months in federal prison for wire fraud, money laundering in misuse of $500,000 COVID-19 small business loan
• Florida man pleads guilty to conspiring to defraud Medicare of $39.5 million
• Rockwood man sentenced for tax evasion and filing false income tax returns
• Upstate New York man sentenced for involvement in large fentanyl distribution network

Aug. 13, 2024

• Extradited Canadian man sentenced to 10 years in prison for orchestrating massive telemarketing scheme targeting senior citizens in United States
• Connecticut man pleads guilty to nine counts of fraud and money laundering

Aug. 12, 2024

• Co-owner of Mattapan plumbing and heating supply company sentenced for filing false tax returns
• Arizona man sentenced to 15 years in prison for role in transnational drug trafficking and money laundering operation
• Dolton, Ill. police officer charged in federal court with bankruptcy fraud
• Nashville couple pleads guilty to COVID fraud scheme

Aug. 9, 2024

• Former Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services employee pleads guilty to wire fraud and identity theft

Aug. 8, 2024

• San Francisco tow company operator charged with insurance fraud and money laundering
• Four men charged in Philippine bribery and money laundering scheme
• Owner of Orlando company sentenced to 24 years in federal prison for $57 million investment fraud scheme

Aug. 7, 2024

• Fraud ringleader and former fugitive William Mize pleads guilty in federal court
• Defendant received nearly $500,000 of $2 million sought from IRS

Aug. 6, 2024

• Owner of Newark construction business admits tax evasion and failure to collect and pay over taxes
• Johnstown man pleads guilty to fentanyl, heroin, and cocaine trafficking
• Federal jury convicts Eden Prairie man of COVID relief fraud, aggravated identity theft, and money laundering

Aug. 5, 2024

• Owner of South Gate-based tattoo removal business pleads guilty to health care fraud scheme that recruited paraplegics
• Pearl woman pleads guilty to COVID relief fraud
• Non-profit executive convicted of conspiring to defraud federal government and to obstruct federal administrative proceeding
• Jody Lathrop sentenced to 15 months of imprisonment for fraud, tax evasion

Aug. 2, 2024

• Rochester businessman pleads guilty to tax charge
• Six indicted in scheme to defraud D.C. Medicaid program
• Owner of Great Falls firearms business charged with filing false income tax returns

Aug. 1, 2024

• Final defendant arrested in 41-person drug trafficking scheme enters guilty plea
• Mount Airy man pleads guilty to conspiracy charge for $1 million cattle theft scheme
• Illinois financial advisor sentenced to 2 years for investment fraud and filing a false tax return
• Rhode Island man pleads guilty to role in wide-ranging fentanyl trafficking conspiracy
• Arnold man sentenced to 11 years in prison for trafficking cocaine
• KC woman pleads guilty to $900,000 COVID fraud scheme
• San Juan Capistrano man agrees to plead guilty to federal charges for running illegal sports-betting business and cheating on taxes
• Colombian man sentenced for his participation in money laundering conspiracy
• Montgomery woman pleads guilty to COVID-19 era relief fraud
• Alabama chiropractor indicted for tax crimes
• Kennedale tax preparer sentenced to 6+ years in prison