November 2025 Criminal Investigation press releases

Nov. 26, 2025

• Former Guyanese presidential candidate and businessman charged in $50 million tax evasion and money laundering scheme
• Former state representative pleads guilty to offenses related to cancelled state audit of Medicaid provider, bank fraud
• Township supervisor sentenced to prison for tax evasion
• Alleged drug trafficker extradited from Guatemala
• Glendale man guilty of $1.9 million COVID relief loan fraud scheme
• Placer County man pleads guilty to stealing nearly $1.5 million in COVID-relief loans to fund lavish lifestyle
• Mexican nationals arrested and charged in million-dollar real estate scheme

Nov. 25, 2025

• All 70 NYCHA employees charged in February 2024 sweep convicted of bribery, fraud, or extortion offenses
• London man sentenced for money laundering conspiracy involving COVID relief loans
• Acting U.S. attorney M. Scott Proctor announces indictment alleging drug trafficking, money laundering, firearms crimes, and attempted killing of a federal officer
• Panamanian extradited from Colombia to United States for alleged money laundering
• South Bend woman sentenced to 52 months in prison
• Indianapolis pimp given three life sentences in federal prison for running sex trafficking enterprise and committing murder
• Anchorage man sentenced to 20 years for leading local drug trafficking conspiracy

Nov. 24, 2025

• Feeding Our Future defendant sentenced to 10 years in prison
• New Haven man sentenced to 21 years in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine pills, violating supervised release
• New Jersey resident and business owner sentenced to 12 months in prison for evading over $3.4 million in taxes
• Brooklyn man sentenced to 121 months in prison for conspiracy to commit child sex trafficking
• Massachusetts man charged and detained in ongoing elder fraud investigation
• Sampson County drug boss found guilty of selling massive amounts of methamphetamine into eastern NC communities
• Co-founder of Paycheck Protection Program lender service provider sentenced to 10 years in prison for $63M COVID-19 relief fraud scheme
• Minocqua man pleads guilty to wire fraud and money laundering
• California man sentenced to 33 years in federal prison for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and conspiracy to commit money laundering
• Serhat Gumrukcu sentenced to life imprisonment for Barnet, Vermont, murder-for-hire
• Two-time convicted felon CEO and his dietary supplement company convicted of $4.7 million fraud scheme

Nov. 21, 2025

• Two men face federal charges after task force seizes 21 kilograms of fentanyl and over $380,000 from residence
• Founder of “leadership training” company and co-conspirator found guilty of defrauding COVID relief programs
• New York siblings charged with conspiracy, money laundering, mail fraud, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft
• Fourteen defendants indicted for drug conspiracy and related charges
• Co-founder of Paycheck Protection Program lender service provider sentenced for $63M COVID-19 relief fraud scheme
• Waterloo woman sentenced to federal prison for methamphetamine trafficking
• Tallahassee man sentenced for marijuana trafficking and money laundering

Nov. 20, 2025

• Colombian national sentenced for cocaine distribution conspiracy
• Connecticut CPA pleads guilty to tax evasion
• Convicted Ponzi schemer and co-conspirator sentenced to 37 years and 12 years for $44 million fraud scheme, money laundering, false statements, and obstruction of justice
• Drug distribution takedowns in October result in more than 18 arrests and large amounts of fentanyl pills and powder taken off the streets
• Fort Lauderdale financial advisor pleads guilty to $94 million international investment fraud scheme
• Pensacola woman pleads guilty to preparing false tax returns and identity theft charges
• Orange County staffing company owner arrested on federal indictment charging her with masterminding $90 million tax fraud
• Kingsport woman sentenced to prison for COVID-19 employment tax credit scheme
• Federal jury in Chicago convicts man of orchestrating $14 million cryptocurrency fraud
• 77th defendant charged in Feeding Our Future fraud scheme
• Former Boone County Schools maintenance supervisor sentenced to prison and order to pay $3.4 million for fraud scheme
• Aurora business owner sentenced for employment tax evasion
• Sarasota man indicted for perpetrating an investment fraud scheme in southwest Florida

Nov. 19, 2025

• Farmington marijuana conspirators convicted at trial
• Naples man sentenced to federal prison for conspiracy to defraud The United States
• South Florida congresswoman charged with theft of $5 million of government funds
• Johnstown resident pleads guilty to narcotics trafficking
• Brooklyn business owner sentenced to 15 years in prison for $55 million illegal check cashing, bank fraud, and tax evasion scheme
• Founder/CEO and clinical president of Digital Health Company convicted in $100M Adderall distribution and health care fraud scheme
• Former Florida businessman sentenced to 46 months in prison for fraud
• Baltimore man sentenced to 13 years for conspiring to distribute at least 75 kilograms of cocaine
• United States attorney announces largest meth seizure In Colorado history, so-called ‘Kingpin’ charge filed against leader of drug trafficking organization
• Sellersburg tax preparer sentenced to federal prison for filing more than 460 false returns
• Twelve individuals charged in $11 million stolen Treasury check conspiracy
• New Jersey tax preparer convicted for $170 million COVID-19 tax credit scheme
• Texas man sentenced for employment tax fraud
• Founders of Samourai Wallet cryptocurrency mixing service sentenced to five and four years in prison
• Baltimore man sentenced to federal prison for cocaine possession

Nov. 18, 2025

• Anchorage doctor and husband plead guilty to multi-million-dollar health care, tax fraud schemes

• Founder of Chicago cryptocurrency company indicted in alleged $10 million money laundering conspiracy

• Morristown man sentenced for operating Ponzi scheme

• Man charged with assaulting federal officer with his car

• Arcadia woman sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for role in $11.6 million money laundering racket that conned elderly victims

• Owner of Chelsea painting business charged with tax evasion and COVID-19 loan fraud

• Cryptocurrency money launderer pleads guilty to RICO conspiracy in scheme that stole $263 million in crypto

• Michigan couple arrested, facing multiple charges involving harboring unauthorized aliens, and money laundering

• Gates man sentenced for his role in retail theft ring involving over a million dollars in stolen merchandise

• Corporation and former Chief Executive Officer sentenced for health care fraud and tax conspiracy

• Derby man sentenced to 6 years in federal prison for trafficking meth and cocaine

• Former South Carolina legislator and lowcountry attorney indicted

Nov. 17, 2025

• Spokane Valley couple sentenced on fraud convictions in connection to COVID-19 relief loan

• Roaring Spring man sentenced to prison for methamphetamine trafficking
• Bakersfield tax return preparer sentenced for role in $25 million fraud scheme
• Professional tax return preparer convicted for preparing false tax returns
• Baltimore woman sentenced for money laundering and wire fraud scheme
• Former CFO sentenced to three years in federal prison for embezzling over $9 million from SF seafood wholesaler
• Indonesian jewelry company, co-owner, and two other employees charged in large-scale duty and tariff evasion scheme
• Two additional defendants sentenced for roles in Pennsylvania/Ohio drug trafficking ring
• President of insurance brokerage firm and CEO of marketing company convicted in $233M Affordable Care Act enrollment fraud scheme
• Forty-six individuals charged with federal crimes in October and November

Nov. 14, 2025

• Former Qualcomm executive sentenced to prison for $180 million fraud
• Dallas men convicted in East Texas federal drug trafficking conspiracy
• Former banker sentenced for embezzlement
• Kentucky man sentenced for role in scheme to defraud Boone County schools
• Former Connecticut tax preparer pleads guilty
• Turtle Creek man pleads guilty to methamphetamine and fentanyl charges
• Defense contractor executive sentenced in bribery scheme
• Former assistant office manager of Bellingham business sentenced to two years in prison for $1.4 million embezzlement scheme
• Federal jury convicts Woodbridge man on income tax charges
• Three leaders of Primary Health Network plead guilty to defrauding non-profit medical organization of millions of dollars
• Russian national sentenced to 46 months in prison for running extensive prostitution enterprise
• Millbury man formerly responsible for safety of Boston public school buses charged with bribery
• Financial advisor sentenced for investment fraud scheme

Nov. 13, 2025

• Former Virginia business owner sentenced for employment tax fraud
• Wheeling attorney guilty of money laundering and fraud
• Roswell woman sentenced for multi-year fraud schemes targeting COVID relief and tax refunds
• Owner of Lake Sammamish restaurant pleads guilty to wire fraud and false tax return related to embezzlement from former elderly customer
• East Granby woman who stole in $1.1 million pandemic relief program scheme is sentenced
• Queens man pleads guilty to bank fraud and identity theft
• Attleboro woman pleads guilty to embezzling more than $400,000
• Owner of Memphis barbering and cosmetology school convicted of GI bill fraud
• Former Mashpee Wampanoag tribe chairman sentenced to more than three years in prison for extortion and tax crime
• Sudbury CPA charged with and pled guilty to conspiring to defraud the IRS and pandemic relief fraud
• Florida woman sentenced for role in international money laundering conspiracy
• Gonzales man sentenced to 18 years in federal prison for multimillion-dollar scheme to defraud the COVID-19-era employee retention credit program
• Colombian national sentenced to over seven years in prison for participation in international money laundering conspiracy
• Illegal alien convicted for participation in scheme to defraud elderly victims of millions in cash and gold

Nov. 12, 2025

• Deer Park resident sentenced for running unlicensed financial scheme involving $2.3 million check
• California political consultant and former public official charged with conspiracy to commit fraud and obstruct justice, false statements, and tax crimes

Nov. 7, 2025

• Violent felon convicted of running drug distribution and money laundering operation from state prison

Nov. 6, 2025

• Thirty-eight defendants charged following investigations by the Nashville Homeland Security Task Force
• Houston business owner admits to failing to pay over $1.6 million in taxes
• Pakistani national admits to evading cash reporting requirements
• Drug trafficker sentenced to over thirteen years in prison

Nov. 5, 2025

• Ringleader sentenced in multimillion-dollar fraud operation which saddled victims with crushing debt