Current News
January 24, 2020
January 23, 2020
- Elkins business owner sentenced for tax fraud
- New York pharmacist charged with narcotics and tax fraud offenses
- Owner of Frederick payroll processing business sentenced to 48 months in federal prison for defrauding victims of more than $1.6 million
- Chicago-area resident indicted for scheme to file false claims for tax refunds
- Smith County landscaper guilty of failing to pay payroll taxes
January 22, 2020
- California man sentenced for $447,000 scheme to cash stolen tax refund checks
- Ocean county attorney sentenced to one year and one day in prison for failing to pay over payroll taxes and making false statements on loan application
- Braking Point recovery center owner sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison for health care fraud and drug crimes
- Twelve individuals indicted in methamphetamine distribution and money laundering conspiracy
- Washington woman and Nevada man sentenced to federal prison for their role in insurance fraud conspiracy
- California woman pleads guilty in college admissions case
January 21, 2020
- New Brunswick tax preparer pleads guilty to tax evasion
- Two more defendants plead guilty in multi-million dollar home health care fraud conspiracy
- Indiana man sentenced to 51 months in prison for defrauding former owners of Duluth-based trucking company
- Las Vegas tax preparer pleads guilty to filing false tax returns
January 19, 2020
- Brighton man sentenced for failure to file tax return and for fraudulently concealing facts relevant to social security disability payments
- Former Milton mayor and ex-head of United Way of Santa Rosa county sentenced to federal prison for fraud and tax evasion
January 17, 2020
- Colorado Springs man convicted of bank fraud
- Meridian man sentenced to more than five years in prison for distributing methamphetamine
- Federal judge sentences six individuals for marijuana conspiracy
- Florence resident sentenced to federal prison for committing tax fraud while operating a tax preparer business
January 16, 2020
- Bettendorf doctor sentenced to prison for failure to pay employment taxes
- Former president of Newell Rubbermaid sentenced for tax fraud related to offshore asset protection company
- Eleven people charged in federal court with heroin and fentanyl trafficking in the Milwaukee area
- Williamsville man sentenced for wire fraud — again
- Owner of D.C. area tax preparation business indicted for tax fraud
- Gulfport tax preparer sentenced to prison for preparing false returns
- Pennsylvania anesthesiologist sentenced to prison for tax fraud
- Two dentists and office manager indicted for Medicaid fraud scheme
January 15, 2020
- Home care services owner charged with failing to pay employment taxes
- Pharmacist admits role in multimillion-dollar health care fraud scheme
- Federal grand jury in San Antonio indicts former Air Force employee, Ashburn, VA-based Quantadyn Corporation, and its owner for alleged bribery and government contract fraud scheme
- Jury finds Texas attorney and client guilty of conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service
- Nursing home operator pleads guilty to embezzlement and tax offenses
- Tax Day 2020 Wednesday, April 15
- Four exotic sports cars seized from convicted payday lender Scott Tucker to be auctioned off in order to return additional money to victims of Tucker’s scheme
- Owner and manager of Anwar Fresh Meat Market in Erie charged with food stamp fraud
- Lawrence man sentenced to 78 months for participating in fentanyl trafficking conspiracy
January 14, 2020
- Parent charged in college admissions case indicted on additional tax fraud charge
- Former New Haven tax preparer is sentenced
- IRS service center employee charged with filing hundreds of false tax returns
- Staten Island woman sentenced to 2 years in prison for defrauding police charity of over $400,000
- Certified public accountant pleads guilty to participating in federal contract bribe conspiracy and committing tax fraud
- Pittsburgh resident pleads guilty to conspiracy and health care fraud
January 13, 2020
- Holiday woman indicted on fraud and money laundering charges
- Owner of tax preparation business pleads guilty to filing false returns
- North Carolina tax preparer pleads guilty to preparing false returns
January 10, 2020
- Belgian national sentenced for scam targeting charities and law firms
- Somerset man sentenced for illegal participation in bank loan
- Lawrenceburg man pleads guilty to wire and tax fraud
- Tax preparer sent to prison for false tax returns
- Cape cod man sentenced for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, heroin and cocaine
January 9, 2020
- San Anselmo resident pleads guilty in ID theft and tax fraud scheme
- Springfield golf pro and home builder charged in superseding indictment with making false statements to a bank
- U.S. Attorney Trent Shores announces the distribution of $2 million seized in Operation Killa Gorilla to local agencies on Law Enforcement Appreciation Day
- Former state senator’s accountant sentenced for tax fraud
- St. Louis resident sentenced to prison for role in a stolen identity fraud scheme that claimed $12 million in tax refunds
- Former Long Island investment advisor sentenced to 170 months in prison for multi-million dollar securities fraud and Ponzi scheme
- Former Newark police officer admits bribery and assisting in preparing false federal tax return
- Former consultant/chief operating officer of 1 Global Capital LLC charged with conspiracy to commit wire and securities fraud in relation to $287 million scheme
January 8, 2020
- Burlington county man charged with wire fraud and money laundering for defrauding internet donors
- Owners of Upper Darby tax preparation service sentenced to prison for scheme to create false tax returns
- Owner of tax return preparation business sentenced to prison; stole identities and filed false returns
- Former owner of Elizabeth restaurant admits evading taxes
- Two more defendants sentenced to federal prison for their role in staged accident scheme
- Houston man sentenced to 84 months in federal prison for leading interstate marijuana trafficking conspiracy
- Former bank branch manager sentenced to 33 months for scheme to steal funds from elderly account holders
January 7, 2020
January 6, 2020
- Local man guilty of tax evasion
- New Jersey painting company owner pleads guilty to filing false tax returns
- Former Connecticut resident sentenced to prison for tax evasion scheme
January 3, 2020
- Government contractor sentenced to 18 months for fraudulently claiming to perform services as a minority business enterprise defendant also sentenced for money laundering and tax fraud
- Former UVA football player sentenced for $10 million fraud
- Middlesex county man admits conspiring to defraud United States through filing of false tax claims
- Senior manager of global internet company pleads guilty to wire fraud
January 2, 2020
2019 News
December 30, 2019
December 20, 2019
- Sonoma county CEO pleads guilty to charges stemming from $25-65 million student loan repayment services scam
- Hialeah check casher sentenced to 13 years in prison for laundering over $100 million in health care, mortgage and identity theft tax refund fraud proceeds
- Montgomery doctor convicted on drug distribution, health care fraud, and money laundering charges
- Maryland tax preparer pleads guilty to preparing false returns and aggravated identity theft
- Former non-profit organization president Lynn D. Cawthorne facing new federal charges
- Placer County woman sentenced for an investment fraud scheme that targeted investors in failed Folsom Ponzi scheme
- Former associate director arrested and charged with embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from global maritime service group
- Bethany attorney pleads guilty to federal tax charges
- Dallas healthcare exec sentenced to 66 months for Forest Park, NextHealth frauds
- Bergen county orthopedic surgeon charged with failing to pay over payroll taxes and failing to report a foreign bank account
December 19, 2019
- Owner of scrap metal business admits filing false tax returns
- KCK man pleads guilty to distributing over 450 kilos of cocaine
- Stamford man sentenced to 9 years in federal prison for surgical glove investment fraud scheme
- South Windsor couple charged with defrauding immigrant clients, USCIS
- Owner of golf management company charged with embezzlement of city funds and tax fraud
- Husband and wife sentenced to prison for attempting to bilk the IRS out of $1.3 million
- Hamden man charged with attempting to travel to fight for ISIS
- Albany attorney sentenced to 54 Months on money laundering, false tax filing convictions
- Metairie man charged with defrauding his employer and filing false tax return
- Former Greeneville man pleads guilty to embezzlement scheme
December 18, 2019
- Carmel attorney pleads guilty in federal court to tax evasion and failure to pay over payroll taxes
- Educational agency leader charged in financial conspiracy
- Omaha man sentenced for failing to file tax returns
- Rocky Mount tax preparer sentenced to three years
- Nashville woman arrested with four kilograms of fentanyl at Nashville bus station
December 17, 2019
- Ponte Vedra man sentenced to 5 years in federal prison and ordered to pay $8.9 million in restitution for fraud and money laundering
- North Carolina tax return preparer sentenced to prison for tax fraud
- Grove City man pleads guilty in federal excise tax scheme
December 16, 2019
- New Orleans man pleads guilty in credit card fraud conspiracy
- Bluefield woman guilty following three-day jury trial: Teresa Barringer convicted of failing to pay taxes, wire fraud, making false statements
- Lehigh Valley trucking company owner sentenced to 1 ½ years in prison for tax fraud scheme
- West Haven man arrested after attempting to travel to the Middle East to join and fight for ISIS
December 13, 2019
- Camden man sentencing to 45 months in prison for role in stolen identity refund fraud scheme and obstruction of justice
- Zambian national who stole U.S. taxpayer identities and refunds sentenced in Dallas to 8+ years in prison
- Former CIO sentenced to two years in prison for accepting approximately $1 million in bribes for awarding contracts
December 12, 2019
December 10, 2019
- Fort Lauderdale father and daughter convicted at trial for involvement in $100 million fraudulent tax refund scheme
- Three men arrested in $722 million cryptocurrency fraud scheme
December 5, 2019
December 4, 2019
National Press Release Archives
Local Press Release Archives
Special-Agents-in-Charge of several IRS-Criminal Investigation field offices also publish local press releases. You will find links to these local press releases below.