Criminal Investigation Press Releases

October 15, 2021

• Craig Cowles sentenced for evading over $250,000 in taxes
• Six individuals in Hawaii charged with conspiring to defraud the IRS and other fraud offenses
• Maryland couple pleads guilty to kickback scheme related to NASA contract
• Parker man sentenced for meth trafficking conspiracy
• Norwalk man sentenced to prison for tax evasion
• Reagor Dykes owner found guilty of lying to bank
• Two Montgomery tax preparers plead guilty for their roles in filing false tax returns

October 14, 2021

• Saratoga County woman pleads guilty to tax charges 
• Former owner of Florida produce business sentenced to prison for tax evasion
• Denver tax preparer pleads guilty as filing deadline looms
• Rhode Island man sentenced to 33 years for his leadership role in a large-scale international fentanyl trafficking operation
• Three defendants indicted for $437,000 fraud scheme
• Romanian national sentenced in connection with ATM skimming scheme
• Last defendant sentenced in Gangster Disciples case

October 13, 2021

• Oregon marijuana exporter pleads guilty in federal court
• New York and Florida resident admits to $6.8 million paycheck protection program fraud scheme
• Two individuals sentenced for COVID-19 relief fraud
• Duluth souvenir and t-shirt store owner pleads guilty to tax evasion
• Former Georgia insurance commissioner sentenced to federal prison
• Salisbury man pleads guilty to large-scale heroin distribution operation on the dark web
• Dominican National sentenced for illegal reentry and money laundering

October 12, 2021

• Founders of Crypto ICO plead guilty to tax evasion after raising $24 million from investors
• Former university volleyball coach involved in college admissions case enters into deferred prosecution agreement
• Rhode Island man who sought $4.7 million in COVID relief loans sentenced for defrauding CARES act paycheck protection program
• San Gabriel Valley man sentenced to 3 years in federal prison for scheming to launder drug money via ‘Black Market Peso Exchange’

October 8, 2021

• Federal jury convicts Hopkins man of tax evasion
• Grand Blanc man and Flint woman sentenced in fraudulent investment scheme
• Former Cleveland City Councilman sentenced to 6 years and ordered to pay $746k in restitution after conviction of federal program theft, tax violations, witness tampering and falsifying records
• Former senior executives convicted by jury for of participating in “side door” college admissions scheme
• Ventura County man pleads guilty to dark web narcotics distribution conspiracy

October 7, 2021

• Co-conspirator of former Norfolk sheriff pleads guilty to bribery scheme
• Office manager is sentenced to four years for embezzling more than $1 million from his former employer 
• Indictment returned after investigation involving seizure of 16.4 kilograms of methamphetamine, 3.14 kilograms of pills containing fentanyl, $400,000 in cash
• Business owners plead guilty in two separate tax fraud cases
• Boise return preparer indicted for tax fraud
• New York accountant pleads guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States
• Signal Peak Energy admits violating health, safety regulations at Roundup area coal mine
• Reality television star Brittish “Cierrah” Williams indicted for fraud charges
• Pittston man sentenced to prison for failing to pay taxes
• First person charged for fraudulently seeking COVID relief business loans sentenced
• South Florida man pleads guilty to consecutive health care fraud conspiracies

October 6, 2021

• Waterbury man sentenced to 3 years in federal prison for distributing heroin while on supervised release
• Two former St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s deputies sentenced to 50 months imprisonment for their roles in kickback and bribery scheme involving contract for privatization of work release program in St. Tammany Parish
• Former Rogers company executive pleads guilty to role in workers’ comp billing fraud/kickback conspiracy

October 5, 2021

• Essex County man admits conspiring to fraudulently obtain more than $700,000 
• Kentucky psychiatrist pleads guilty to health care fraud related to referrals for drug testing at Greensburg, PA lab
• Former West Hazleton police chief sentenced to two months’ imprisonment for civil rights violation
• Romanian national pleads guilty to role in multi-state ATM skimming scheme
• Pharmacist sentenced to nearly 6 years in prison for multimillion-dollar compounded medicine scam that defrauded health care plans

October 4, 2021

• Florida man sentenced to federal prison for filing hundreds of false tax returns

October 1, 2021

• Middlesex County man pleads guilty to conspiracy to defraud the IRS
• DEA, IRS dismantle eastern Arkansas methamphetamine and money laundering organization
• Founder of Russian bank pleads guilty to tax fraud

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