February 2025 Criminal Investigation press releases

Feb. 28, 2025

• Colorado dentist pleads guilty to multiple tax evasion charges
• Two brothers indicted for conspiracy to prevent the sale of property seized by the IRS for unpaid taxes
• LA woman sentenced to 5 years in prison for $2.3 million COVID loan scheme and falsely seeking nearly $1.3 million in pandemic tax credits
• Suburban Chicago tax professional sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for stealing client and investor funds
• Fraudster receives prison sentence in illegal paycheck protection program scheme
• Former Stoneham police officer sentenced to more than two years in prison for bribery charges

Feb. 27, 2025

• Corona man who sold Stan Lee memorabilia agrees to plead guilty to tax fraud of more than $1.2 million in income
• Drug kingpin sentenced to 27 years as part of ongoing drug trafficking conspiracy
• Kentucky man pleads guilty to role in scheme to defraud Boone County schools out of $3.4 million
• Tallahassee realtor sentenced to prison for willfully failing to file income tax returns
• Federal grand jury in Louisville returns 6 indictments charging 13 defendants
• Meriden man sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for cocaine trafficking offenses

Feb. 26, 2025

• Former executive director is sentenced for stealing thousands of dollars from Gastonia non-profit
• Shelbyville woman pleads guilty to employment tax and wire fraud charges; agrees to pay more than $1.1. million in restitution
• Federal grand jury indicts four men for wire fraud, wire fraud conspiracy, and aggravated identity theft
• Social Security employee heads to prison for creating fake children’s profiles to steal public funds
• Florida financial advisor pleads guilty to promoting illegal tax shelter and stealing client funds
• New Jersey man pleads guilty to filing a false tax return; avoided paying more than $1 million in taxes
• Pair of Charlotte businessmen convicted failing to account for and pay over trust fund taxes are sentenced
• Morgantown physician sentenced for tax fraud

Feb. 25, 2025

• Cedar Rapids man sentenced to federal prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine
• Chester business owner sentenced to two years in prison for failing to pay taxes withheld from employees’ wages
• National sales director for New York-based mobile diagnostic company charged in kickback scheme
• Mexican drug cartel leader extradited to Georgia to face federal charges
• Minneapolis woman pleads guilty in $250 million Feeding Our Future fraud scheme

Feb. 24, 2025

• Northwest Arkansas man sentenced to more than 4 years in prison for operating an illegal money transmitting business using pandemic funds
• Tower woman sentenced to prison for embezzling over $300k from clients
• Owner of Charleroi staffing agency pleads guilty to harboring illegal aliens for financial gain and failing to pay more than $3 million in employment taxes
• New York woman charged with fraudulently obtaining more than $1,000,000

Feb. 21, 2025

• Superseding indictment charges two brothers and a city mayor’s assistant with tax fraud, public corruption, and money laundering
• Howey-in-the-Hills resident pleads guilty to embezzling employment taxes
• Guilty verdict in Georgia tax fraud case, defendant’s second federal fraud conviction
• Miami resident charged with leading money laundering operation for transnational criminal organizations
• Seventeen defendants sentenced to prison in multi-state drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracy
• Oklahoma City woman sentenced for stealing more than $1.1m from her employer
• Brazilian extradited from Switzerland to the United States to face indictment charging involvement in $290m+ cryptocurrency fraud scheme

Feb. 20, 2025

• South Florida lobbyist guilty of tax evasion
• Florida businessman sentenced in connection with migrant labor employment scheme, payroll tax evasion, and worker death
• West Hartford man sentenced to federal prison for participating in catalytic converter theft ring
• Sacramento man charged with multimillion-dollar bank fraud and pandemic loan fraud scheme

Feb. 19, 2025

• President of insurance brokerage firm and CEO of marketing company charged in $161m Affordable Care Act enrollment fraud scheme
• Detroit man sentenced to over four years in federal prison for participating in multi-state pandemic unemployment insurance fraud scheme
• Financial TV news analyst-turned-fugitive agrees to plead guilty to federal charge for conning investors out of millions of dollars

Feb. 14, 2025

• Owner of Las Vegas company indicted in $24 million cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme
• California man sentenced to over 5 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and money laundering
• Waukee man sentenced to 32 years in federal prison for fentanyl and fraud-related charges
• Nevada woman pleads guilty to fraudulently seeking nearly $100m in COVID-19 employment tax credits
• International tax advisor sentenced to 30 months for tax fraud scheme

Feb. 13, 2025

• Two East Bay residents, one of whom was a bank teller, indicted on charges of cashing stolen U.S. Treasury checks
• Businessman sentenced to over nine years in prison for $1.5M fraud on employees, investors, and the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
• Boston woman sentenced for fraudulently obtaining COVID relief funds
• Former university employee charged with selling stolen Apple products to Folsom contact
• Founder of purported artificial intelligence-driven hedge fund pleads guilty to investment adviser fraud
• Former Hawaii CEO sentenced to 87 months imprisonment on COVID relief fraud and bank fraud

Feb. 12, 2025

• Ten defendants plead guilty in multimillion-dollar sports betting and money laundering scheme
• Atlanta man sentenced to 150 months in prison for fraud schemes
• New Haven man pleads guilty to narcotics trafficking charge
• Two pharmacists convicted for illegal distribution of oxycodone
• Bienville Parish woman sentenced to federal prison for committing wire fraud involving the CARES Act and Paycheck Protection Program
• Former Illinois speaker of the House Michael J. Madigan convicted on federal conspiracy and bribery charges
• Former prison guard sentenced to prison for conspiring to smuggle drugs into Virginia prison

Feb. 11, 2025

• Farmington woman pleads guilty to health care fraud, public corruption offenses
• Owner of Vancouver, Washington tax preparation business that catered to immigrants sentenced to nine months in prison for tax fraud
• Rochester businessman sentenced on tax charge
• Miske Enterprise member sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for racketeering conspiracy
• Mexican national who participated in timeshare fraud scheme is sentenced
• Houston resident pleads guilty to laundering proceeds from $40M fraud scheme
• Los Angeles attorney sentenced to 18 months in prison for evading payment of more than $7.2 million in income tax over two decades
• Arizona woman pleads guilty in fraud scheme that illegally generated $17 million in revenue for North Korea

Feb. 10, 2025

• Camden man admits to conspiring to commit tax fraud
• Clearwater man pleads guilty to obstructing and impeding the administration of the internal revenue laws
• Two convicted in Eastern District of Texas COVID fraud scheme
• Wethersfield man sentenced to more than 8 years in prison for distributing fentanyl and oxycodone to overdose victim
• Three people charged in commercial bribery scheme
• New Jersey CPA sentenced in syndicated conservation easement tax scheme

Feb. 7, 2025

• Jury convicts 2 defendants who were charged with 23 other Ohioans in narcotics distribution ring
• Corona customs broker pleads guilty to defrauding clients out of more than $5 million and evading more than $1 million in taxes
• Johnstown man pleads guilty to trafficking crack cocaine and violating supervised release
• Four more defendants plead guilty to $250 million Feeding Our Future fraud scheme
• Former Stoneham auxiliary police officer sentenced to 27 months in prison for bribery charges
• Rumford man sentenced for evading employment taxes
• Feeding Our Future defendant sentenced to 43 months in prison for her “flagrant” role in $250 million fraud scheme
• U.S. Postal employee and co-conspirator receive prison time for stolen check scheme
• Former Massachusetts state senator sentenced to 18 months in prison for COVID and tax fraud

Feb. 6, 2025

• Out of state man pleads guilty to laundering email scam proceeds
• Former interpreter sentenced to nearly 5 years in prison for illegally transferring nearly $17 million from baseball star’s bank account

Feb. 5, 2025

• Mt. Pleasant business owner sentenced to 1.5 years in federal prison
• Indy man sentenced to 3 years probation for manufacturing and mailing 30,000 fake IDs
• Carrizo Springs business owner indicted for 7 counts of tax fraud
• New York man sentenced to 84 months in prison for conspiring to engage in multimillion dollar wire fraud scheme

Feb. 4, 2025

• Oregon check casher sentenced to federal prison for payroll tax scheme involving $177 million
• New York City resident sentenced to six years of prison for role in interstate methamphetamine trafficking operation
• St. Louis tax preparer admits preparing false tax returns
• Owner of District real estate company sentenced for defrauding Paycheck Protection Program

Feb. 3, 2025

• Delaware County man convicted at trial of defrauding pandemic relief programs of $8.4 million
• Paving contractor sentenced for tax evasion
• Former member of Congress pleads guilty to wire fraud schemes
• Serial fraudster sentenced to ten years in federal prison for stealing nearly $3 million and five Indianapolis homes
• Alabama tax professional sentenced
• Andrew Hollins imprisoned following guilty pleas to pandemic fraud and narcotics indictments
• Shakopee woman pleads guilty in $250 million Feeding Our Future fraud scheme
• Rochester woman pleads guilty to wire fraud, money laundering in Feeding Our Future scheme
• Canadian national charged with stealing approximately $65 million in cryptocurrency from two DeFi protocols
• Marion County tax preparer sentenced for filing false tax returns
• Gardner business owner sentenced to prison for failing to pay taxes
• Federal jury convicts Former Bureau of Prisons correctional officer in bribery, drug scheme