October 2023 Criminal Investigation press releases

October 31, 2023

• Cryptocurrency founder “Bruno Block” sentenced to four years in prison
• Johnstown man sentenced for conspiring to distribute and possess controlled substances
• Cheshire woman pleads guilty to fraud and tax offenses stemming from nearly $1 million embezzlement scheme
• Quincy man arrested for hiding over $10 million in corporate income
• Peoria man sentenced to three years of probation for paycheck protection program fraud

October 30, 2023

• Executive arrested on charges of bribing San Luis Obispo County supervisor and concealing crimes
• Bank insider charged with accepting bribes to facilitate millions of dollars of money laundering
• Glendale man sentenced for laundering millions in fraudulently obtained jobless benefits
• Former Miami-Dade corrections sergeant sentenced for COVID-19 relief fraud

October 27, 2023

• Hawaii woman charged with filing false tax returns

• Federal grand jury indicts 3 defendants for Trapper Creek murders

• Federal grand jury indicts 10 defendants in large drug trafficking ring

• U.S. citizen indicted for filing false tax returns, failing to report foreign bank account

• Former CEO of Sunwest Management ordered to pay over $74 million in restitution to more than 1,400 victims

• Illicit money transmitters admit criminal scheme to funnel money to Nevada casino

• Former marketing employee sentenced to federal prison for bank fraud and identity theft

October 26, 2023

• Construction firm CFO sentenced to two years in prison for employment tax crime

• Former Navy civilian employee pleads guilty to conspiracy to commit bribery

October 25, 2023

• Buffalo woman previously convicted of defrauding hurricane victims with COVID fraud

• New Jersey man admits to conspiring with India based company to mail illicit pharmaceutical meds to U.S. customers

October 24, 2023

• Six defendants indicted for $240,000 COVID fraud conspiracy
• Mississippi man pleads guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering
• COVID-19 Strike Force announces indictment of Spokane Valley couple in connection with fraudulent COVID relief loan
• Senior executive pleads guilty to defrauding international cargo airline employer
• Former reality show cast member and St. Louis DJ sentenced for multiple frauds
• Former owner of drug paraphernalia store sentenced for conspiracy to import, transport and sell drug paraphernalia and to tax evasion
• Sacramento area tax preparer convicted of presenting false tax returns

October 23, 2023

• Former HSI special agent sentenced to more than six years in prison on tax, structuring, concealment charges

• San Bernardino County man sentenced to 17 years in prison for leading drug trafficking efforts, including smuggling into jails

• Former HSI special agent sentenced to more than six years in prison on tax, structuring, and concealment charges

• Three indicted in multimillion dollar scheme to defraud automobile auction

October 20, 2023

• New defendant pleads guilty in conspiracy involving $44 million in drug proceeds laundered to Mexico through local cell phone store fronts

• Oklahoma City woman sentenced to serve a year in federal prison for identity theft

• North Carolina and North Dakota police chiefs and federal firearms licensees indicted for conspiracy to illegally acquire machineguns and other firearms

• New Kensington resident pleads guilty to preparing false tax returns for clients

October 19, 2023

• Medford contractor sentenced for tax evasion and filing false loan applications

• Former Florida state representative sentenced to federal prison for wire fraud, money laundering, and making false statements in connection with COVID-19 relief fraud
• Fresno hairstylist pleads guilty to committing multimillion-dollar caregiver fraud against Malibu doctor suffering from mental illness
• President of suburban Chicago environmental company indicted for allegedly obstructing federal probe into grant funding of hotel demolition project
• Former Orange County education official arrested on complaint alleging he embezzled more than 14 million dollars from school district
• Inland Empire man sentenced to two years in prison for purposely underreporting plastics recycling business income to IRS

October 18, 2023

• Former church employee sentenced to pay restitution and serve two years in federal prison for defrauding church out of more than 450,000 dollars
• Former NASCAR team owner is indicted on federal charges
• Moldovan charged, arrested, and extradited for administration of site involved in the illicit sale of compromised computer credentials

October 17, 2023

• Former information technology manager sentenced for scheme to steal over $1.4 million from employer

• Nevada CPA pleads guilty to filing false tax returns

October 16, 2023

• Utah man admits defrauding Montana employer

• Three defendants plead guilty to a 38 million dollar catalytic converter theft conspiracy

• Rochester man arrested, accused of defrauding lending company out of hundreds of thousands of dollars

• California lawyer sentenced for multiple crimes including the illegal distribution of 157 million dollars in diverted prescription drugs

October 13, 2023

• Investment banker pleads guilty to tax evasion

• Meriden man sentenced to 5 years in federal prison for trafficking fentanyl

• Shipbuilding company CEO charged with witness tampering and obstruction

• Former San Diego police officer and three others sentenced for crimes stemming from years-long operation of illicit massage businesses

• Former U.S. congressional candidate convicted of federal election campaign act violations and false statements

• IRS Criminal Investigation special agent recognized by U.S. Attorney’s Office for outstanding achievement

• Former chairman of 1 Global pleads guilty to running 250 million dollar securities fraud scheme

October 12, 2023

• Rochester man going to prison for COVID fraud

• Massachusetts businessman pleads guilty to million dollar payroll tax fraud scheme

• Man sentenced for over 500,000-dollar COVID-19 relief fraud and money laundering scheme

• United States seeks to forfeit more than 72 million dollars involved in bribery and money scheme

• CEO of company providing homes for parolees and probationers sentenced to 17 years in prison for bank fraud, wire fraud, witness tampering, and other offenses

• Businessman sentenced to five and a half years in prison for participating in bribery scheme with former Illinois state lawmaker

October 11, 2023

• New York auto repair shop owner pleads guilty to tax fraud
• Ithaca man convicted at bench trial of wire fraud and engaging in transactions in criminally derived property
• Wilkes-Barre woman sentenced to 15 months’ imprisonment for tax fraud
• Three Middlesex County individuals admit COVID-19 fraud schemes totaling over 2.1 million dollars
• Pain clinic doctor sentenced to prison for unlawful drug distribution, money laundering, and filing a false tax return

October 10, 2023

• DC Solar attorney indicted in the DC Solar billion-dollar Ponzi scheme
• Tax preparer sentenced to 51 months in prison for preparing at least 23 fraudulent returns
• Nevada return preparer pleads guilty to filing false tax returns
• Bakersfield men indicted for 25 million dollar tax refund fraud scheme using stolen identities

October 6, 2023

• Owner of the Sportsmans Grille in Williamsburg pleads guilty to tax fraud
• Tax preparer pleads guilty to falsifying returns
• Customs broker arrested on superseding indictment alleging new 2 million dollar fraud committed after his release in original fraud case
• Mother and son from Sacramento indicted for false income tax return scheme
• Omaha Women Sentenced for Paycheck Protection Program Fraud

October 5, 2023

• Federal grand jury indicts Buffalo man for fraudulently receiving COVID 19 funds
• Second executive admits participating in 150 million-dollar fraud on Qualcomm
• Boston tax preparer sentenced for 2 million-dollar tax fraud
• North Chili man convicted of 37 counts of COVID relief fraud going to prison
• Washington woman pleads guilty to embezzling from Sutter County business
• Lackawanna County man charged with commercial bribery and tax fraud offenses
• New special agent in charge takes the helm at IRS-CI in Washington, D.C.

October 4, 2023

• South Thomaston man sentenced to 1.5 years for fraudulently obtaining more than 1 million dollars in PPP loans
• Plymouth man arrested for theft of government benefits related to the COVID-19 pandemic
• Wisconsin contractor and wife plead guilty to home improvement project Fraud Scheme
• Ohio man charged with operating illegal gambling businesses and tax fraud

October 3, 2023

• Former Key West hotel housekeeping manager sentenced for tax and immigration conspiracy
• Social Security employee admits creating fake children’s profiles to steal government money
• Telecommunications consultant pleads guilty to violating sanctions on Iran

October 2, 2023

• Ottumwa man and woman sentenced for defrauding the Internal Revenue Service, Iowa Workforce Development, and numerous citizens
• Ian Freeman sentenced to 8 years in prison for operating a bitcoin money laundering scheme