September 2024 Criminal Investigation press releases

Sept. 30, 2024

•  South Florida U.S. Attorney’s Office charges an attorney, former SBA employee, tax preparer, and others with COVID-19 fraud schemes 
• Fifteen gang members and their associates sentenced for drug and gun crimes
• Wethersfield man pleads guilty to fentanyl and oxycodone distribution charge stemming from overdose investigation
• Morgantown construction company owner indicted for harboring individuals unlawfully in the United States

Sept. 27, 2024

• Former Connecticut resident sentenced to prison for tax fraud
• Convicted corporate raider, his longtime accountant, and vaping company charged in indictment alleging conspiracy and fraud

Sept. 26, 2024

• Owner of New Jersey construction business admits failure to collect and pay over taxes
• KC tax preparer sentenced for wire fraud, false tax returns
• San Francisco software engineering manager convicted of tax evasion
• Behavioral healthcare company executive pleads guilty to healthcare fraud
• Owner of online luxury baby boutique sentenced to 90 months for defrauding COVID-19 relief programs
• New Jersey business owner admits wire fraud conspiracy, wire fraud
• Pennsylvania man sentenced to 78 months in prison for $4.8 million CARES Act loan fraud scheme
• Former commercial airline pilot sentenced to over three years in prison for tax evasion
• North Carolina clinic owner is sentenced to 52 months in prison for defrauding Medicaid
• Rio Grande Valley tax preparers sent to prison for $3M tax fraud scheme
• Leader of $4M international telemarketing scheme convicted

Sept. 25, 2024

• Railroad owner sentenced to prison for failure to pay employment taxes
• Macon mother and son sentenced for roles in decade-long business theft
• Mexican national gets 6 years in prison for leading $25 million tax fraud scheme
• Oregon woman sentenced to federal prison for multimillion-dollar drug treatment fraud scheme

Sept. 24, 2024

• Independence man sentenced for fentanyl trafficking, illegal firearm
• Owners of Florida labor-staffing companies make initial appearance on tax and immigration fraud and money laundering charges
• Hogansburg man sentenced for international money laundering conspiracy

Sept. 23, 2024

• Allport man sentenced to 17 years in prison for role directing large-scale methamphetamine trafficking organization
• Fayette County business owner pleads guilty to filing false tax return
• Former Colorado Springs man convicted of defrauding $500k of taxpayer funded COVID-19 relief money

Sept. 20, 2024

• Florida tax preparer sentenced to federal prison for preparing false tax returns
• Jury finds local restaurant owner found guilty of tax crimes

Sept. 19, 2024

• Former farm foreman sentenced to federal prison for extorting H-2A agricultural workers and tax fraud
• Indictment charges two in $230 million cryptocurrency scam
• Inmate and others indicted for committing more than $550 million in tax fraud

Sept. 18, 2024

• California man sentenced to 10 years for drug conspiracy

• Former assistant district attorney indicted on bribery, money laundering conspiracy, and other felony charges

• Boston man pleads guilty to fraudulently obtaining COVID relief funds

• California restaurant owner convicted of tax and COVID-19 fraud schemes

• Suburban Chicago tax professional admits stealing more than $1.1 million in client funds

Sept. 17, 2024

• Doctor pleads guilty to conspiracy to illegally using a Drug Enforcement Administration registration number issued to another

• Denver man found guilty of operating illegal gambling parlor

• Delaware man pleads guilty to heroin trafficking

• Businessman sentenced in tax scheme, ordered to pay $38.9 million in restitution

• Woman admits to submitting false disaster relief applications resulting in $620,000 loss

Sept. 16, 2024

• Pittsburgh resident pleads guilty to bankruptcy, mail fraud charges related to East Carson Street property destroyed by fire
• Cincinnati man sentenced to 10 years in prison for fentanyl crime, money laundering

Sept. 13, 2024

• Rancho Cucamonga man and woman found guilty of federal criminal charges in connection with “birth tourism” scheme
• Hollywood Hills man who operated Orange County drug treatment facilities found guilty of paying nearly $2.9 million in kickbacks
• Two members of Kennedy Street Crew sentenced for fentanyl trafficking, money laundering
• Former luxury homebuilder sentenced for defrauding the United States
• U.S. Attorney's Office and IRS announce sentencing of Albuquerque man for tax evasion scheme
• Massachusetts business owner indicted for over $18 million Paycheck Protection Program fraud
• California addiction treatment facility operator convicted of paying nearly $2.9 million in illegal kickbacks
• Second Canadian resident pleads guilty to massive COVID-19 benefit fraud scheme

Sept. 12, 2024

• Early Bitcoin investor pleads guilty to filing tax return that falsely reported his cryptocurrency gains
• Ohio man sentenced for tax fraud conspiracy related to illegal gambling businesses
• Ohio man sentenced for tax evasion, money laundering and operating an illegal gambling business
• Providence resident admits to role in schemes to defraud unemployment benefit programs, property title company
• Lee’s Summit neurologist pleads guilty to false tax returns
• Former Massachusetts state senator convicted of COVID and tax fraud

Sept. 11, 2024

• Agawam tax preparer sentenced to prison for filing false tax returns
• Two men sentenced to years in prison for a conspiracy to defraud a professional athlete
• New York man arrested for bank fraud and identity theft in connection with stolen $810,000 tax refund check
• San Francisco resident sentenced to one year in prison for stealing over $340,000 in funds intended for low-income families
• Dorchester businessman pleads guilty to million-dollar payroll tax fraud scheme
• Bookkeeper agrees to plead guilty to tax evasion and disability benefits fraud
• Two men charged with trafficking firearms from U.S. to Dominica

Sept. 10, 2024

• Behavioral healthcare company executive charged with healthcare fraud
• India and New Jersey based jeweler admits multimillion-dollar international trade fraud scheme and unlicensed money transmitting
• Missouri man sentenced to 3 years in federal prison for fraud and tax offenses
• Former Rutherfordton ABC store manager pleads guilty to wire fraud and money laundering for embezzling more than $374,000
• Arizona man and co-defendants facing federal charges for roles in $178 million COVID-19 fraud conspiracy

Sept. 9, 2024

• Owner of three north shore restaurants pleads guilty to tax fraud schemes
• Eighteen individuals indicted on federal bank fraud and money laundering charges
• Newport News woman pleads guilty to laundering money taken from a pandemic relief loan program

Sept. 6, 2024

• Leader of sophisticated stolen identity tax refund scheme sentenced
• Family members who conspired to defraud U.S. sentenced in San Antonio
• South Carolina man convicted of tax evasion, false statements, illegal gun possession in multimillion dollar business scheme
• Nevada man convicted of $11.2 million COVID-19 fraud
• Wynn Las Vegas forfeits $130 million for illegally conspiring with unlicensed money transmitting businesses

Sept. 5, 2024

• Seattle woman pleads guilty to feeding our future jury bribery scheme
• Pennsylvania business owner sentenced to prison for tax evasion
• Arizona man sentenced to more than 8 years in prison for role in fentanyl trafficking conspiracy
• Owner of Orange County staffing companies pleads guilty to tax crimes, admits to cheating IRS out of nearly $60 million
• Home health care company operators sentenced to prison in $5.5 million kickback scheme and tax evasion
• Palm Springs man pleads guilty to $2.1 million tax refund scheme and to fraudulently obtaining nearly $1 million in COVID-19 loans
• IRS-CI urges taxpayers to play by the rules when it comes to sports betting

Sept. 4, 2024

• Mexican national admits laundering $1.5 million on behalf of cartel
• Brooklyn man pleads guilty to bank fraud and identity theft
• Boston woman pleads guilty to fraudulently obtaining COVID relief funds
• Milford man who used telegram app to traffic drugs sentenced to 3 years in federal prison
• Concord businessman pleads guilty to tax offense

Sept. 3, 2024

• New Orleans woman sentenced for cares act fraud, false statements to the IRS, and theft of government funds
• Former high-ranking New York state government employee charged with acting as an undisclosed agent of the People’s Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party
• Sacramento woman indicted for fraudulent investment scheme