August 2025 Criminal Investigation press releases

Aug. 29, 2025

• Blood test lab owner pleads guilty to evading over $11.2 million in federal taxes by using shill to illegally collect Medicare payments
• Former CEO and CFO of cryptocurrency lender Cred LLC sentenced to multiple years in prison for wire fraud conspiracy convictions
• Collin County man sentenced for oil and gas fraud scheme in Eastern District of Texas
• Former U.S. postal inspector charged with stealing over $330,000 in cash from elderly victims
• North Dakota man sentenced in east Texas romance scam, ordered to pay over $4.7 million in restitution

Aug. 28, 2025

• Kansas City woman pleads guilty to COVID-19 fraud and identity theft
• New Jersey fast-food restaurants owner pleads guilty to $2.4M tax fraud scheme
• Former Chicago attorney sentenced to two and a half years in prison for tax fraud and witness tampering
• South Bend woman ordered to repay funds from PPP loan fraud
• Los Angeles lawyer found guilty of five federal charges in connection with $2.1 million bribe payment from oil company
• Anchorage man, Indian national charged in nine-year fraud, money laundering scheme
• Man indicted on federal fraud and tax charges for allegedly defrauding individuals out of $2.6 million and evading income taxes
• Branson man pleads guilty to tax evasion | Internal Revenue Service
• Florida men sentenced to prison for scheme to prepare false tax returns for clients

Aug. 27, 2025

• YouTube scambaiters help dismantle $65 million multinational fraud ring targeting thousands of seniors
• Kansas City man sentenced for embezzling $612,000 from employer
• Two self-professed religious leaders who used physical and psychological abuse to coerce victims to solicit tens of millions in donations federally charged and arrested
• Pleasant Grove couple sentenced for federal drug trafficking conspiracy
• Nevada, Missouri man pleads guilty to embezzling approximately $1.5 million from employer and filing a false tax return
• Movie producer arrested on federal indictment charging him with $12 million schemes to defraud victims, including film projects

Aug. 26, 2025

• Chicago grocery store owner sentenced to three and a half years in prison for fraudulently redeeming SNAP and WIC benefits
• Three more Minneapolis gang members charged with RICO conspiracy and murder
• Fort Walton Beach man sentenced to federal prison for drug and money laundering conspiracy
• Nigerian monarch sentenced to over 4 years in prison after pleading guilty to wire and tax fraud charges
• Pharmacy owner sentenced to federal prison for filing false tax returns in connection with more than $1-million tax loss
• Florida resident pleads guilty to money laundering charge in nationwide fraud scheme
• Pensacola man indicted on charges of interstate drug trafficking and money laundering involving hundreds of thousands of dollars
• Career criminal sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for manufacturing and selling THC and psilocybin products nationwide
• California man charged with tax refund fraud scheme

Aug. 25, 2025

• Compliance director and office manager of substance abuse company convicted in scheme to pay Medicaid kickbacks to patients
• “Operation Pick-Off” results in nearly 80 criminal alien arrests throughout the Rio Grande Valley
• Federal court sentenced Clayton woman for laundering millions for cartels and moving kilo quantities of narcotics
• Two Anchorage residents arrested, charged with maintaining a drug-involved premise at a local hotel

Aug. 22, 2025

• Owner of local ‘Raining Cash’ tax company sentenced to 3 years in prison for causing $1.7M in tax losses
• Tax preparer pleads guilty to assisting in the filing of false tax returns

• Summerfield man sentenced to 19 years for Ponzi scheme and tax fraud

• Indian citizen living in McKinney, charged with federal tax violation in the Eastern District of Texas

• California man pleads guilty for role in $15.9M COVID-19 fraud scheme

• Two Albany men charged in fraud investigation that resulted in one of the largest-ever firearms seizures in the history of the Northern District of New York

Aug. 21, 2025

• Chinese woman arrested for running a prostitution business
• Scranton man sentenced to 57 months in federal prison for nearly one million dollar covid-19 pandemic fraud and money laundering scheme
• Utah man sentenced to two years’ imprisonment after stealing $392,827 in federal and state funds during the COVID-19 pandemic
• Ohio siblings sentenced for laundering $784,045 in drug proceeds
• Austin woman sentenced in 25-year Social Security scam
• Members of Tacoma street gang indicted in fentanyl trafficking conspiracy
• Brooklyn cardiologist sentenced to 37 months in prison in connection with health care fraud and bribery scheme
• Fifth juror bribery defendant pleads guilty to scheme to bribe feeding our future juror
• Man sentenced for over $11M COVID-19 relief fraud and money laundering scheme
• Roofing contractor admits tax evasion scheme
• Augusta “ghost” tax return preparer sentenced to prison for tax fraud

Aug. 20, 2025

• Oswego County man sentenced to 72 months in prison for drug and gun convictions
• Drug conspirator sentenced to 10 years for mailing cocaine from Puerto Rico to Syracuse
• Ohio siblings sentenced for laundering $784,045 in drug proceeds
• Drug conspirator sentenced to 10 years for mailing cocaine from Puerto Rico to Syracuse
• 11 Individuals in drug trafficking ring sentenced to federal prison
• Illinois doctor sentenced to 34 months in prison for evading $1.6M in taxes and committing health care fraud

Aug. 19, 2025

• Man sentenced to over 24 years for role in fentanyl overdose death of 17-year-old
• FBI snuffs out opioid ‘Blaze’

Aug. 18, 2025

• Founder and former CEO of charity pleads guilty to multimillion-dollar charity fraud and tax evasion
• New Jersey resident sentenced to 30 months in prison for role in global export control and sanctions evasion scheme
• Founder of purported artificial intelligence-powered hedge fund sentenced to 30 months in prison
• Florida man pleads guilty for role in an off-the-books payroll scheme
• West Virginia business owner sentenced for employment tax crimes

Aug. 15, 2025

• Latin music conglomerate CEO sentenced to 4 years in federal prison for doing business with drug cartel-linked concert promoter
• Former Salinas construction company controller charged with stealing more than $8 million dollars from employer

Aug. 14, 2025

• Former Nashville auto dealer convicted on federal fraud charges
• Albuquerque couple indicted for conspiring to harbor illegal aliens and laundering human smuggling proceeds through real estate
• Defendants charged in over $200 million water vending machine Ponzi scheme and related investment fraud
• OnlyFans content creator charged with tax fraud
• Rhode Island businessman convicted a second time on tax charges
• Defendant in Anchorage drug trafficking conspiracy pleads guilty

Aug. 13, 2025

• Plymouth man indicted for embezzling more than one million dollars
• Drug courier arrested in Orange sentenced to 3 years in federal prison
• Three fugitives transferred to the United States from Mexico arraigned in San Diego
• Eleven charged in federal indictment alleging extensive sex trafficking of minors and young women along South L.A.’s Figueroa Corridor
• Pennsylvania woman convicted in million-dollar government fraud scheme

Aug. 12, 2025

• Butte woman pleads guilty to drug charges
• Federal operation targets Nebraska human trafficking ring at area hotels
• Natick roofer sentenced for tax evasion
• Tampa businessman sentenced to three years in prison for fraudulent tax returns
• Superseding indictment against Pittsburgh health care facility owner adds charges of social security fraud and concealing material facts related to health care matters
• Guhaad Hashi Said pleads guilty to his involvement in Feeding Our Future fraud scheme

Aug. 11, 2025

• Waterbury armed drug trafficker sentenced to 5 years in federal prison
• First two members of violent drug trafficking organization sentenced to prison
• Justice Department announces coordinated actions to disrupt the operations of BlackSuit (Royal) Ransomware
• Founder of lender service provider pleads guilty for role in PPP fraud scheme

Aug. 8, 2025

• Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins indicted for alleged extortion
• Two Kansas men charged with drug trafficking related crimes
• Former Mustang Public Schools payroll services director to serve 18 months in federal prison after defrauding school district and filing false tax return
• Mother and son sentenced to federal prison for distributing thousands of fentanyl pills in Sioux Falls area and for money laundering

Aug. 7, 2025

• California CEO sentenced for role in Covid-19 relief fraud resulting in millions of stolen funds
• South Bend woman convicted by jury of fraud
• Mexican national sentenced to ten years in federal prison for trafficking 50 grams or more of methamphetamine (actual) and conspiracy to commit money laundering
• Trial victory secured in largest single fentanyl pill bust in DEA history

• Farmington man sentenced to imprisonment after embezzling approximately $1.7 million from his small business employer

Aug. 6, 2025

• Founder of Tornado Cash crypto mixing service convicted of knowingly transmitting criminal proceeds

• Four Arizona residents plead guilty to kingpin statute or drug trafficking violations in connection with transnational criminal operation

• Contractor charged and agrees to plead guilty to multi-year half-million-dollar tax fraud

• Seventy-third defendant charged in Feeding Our Future Case

• In landmark sentence, Feeding Our Future scheme leader sentenced to 28 years in prison

• Long-time fugitive admits to orchestrating mail fraud scheme defrauding elderly and vulnerable victims of over $10 million
• CEO and president of Hawaii shipbuilding company sentenced for $29 million investment fraud scheme
• Founders of Samourai Wallet cryptocurrency mixing service plead guilty

Aug. 5, 2025

• Beverly Hills man charged with over $3 million in Paycheck Protection Program and Economic Injury Disaster Loans fraud scheme
• Wife Of Central Florida methamphetamine dealer pleads guilty to laundering hundreds of thousands in drug proceeds

• Business owner pleads guilty to filing false tax returns and intentionally under-reporting income

Aug. 4, 2025

• Niagara Falls man pleads guilty to defrauding COVID relief programs out of more than $1.8 million
• Ten defendants from Pennsylvania, California, and Michigan charged with trafficking methamphetamine, heroin, fentanyl, para-fluorofentanyl and other narcotics
• Former Township supervisor pleads guilty to tax evasion and bank fraud
• Danville woman sentenced for failure to pay taxes
• Financial TV analyst and one-time fugitive sentenced to 5 years in federal prison for multimillion-dollar con of victim investors
• Three sentenced to prison in commercial bribery scheme
• Fresno man pleads guilty to over $30 million fraud scheme
• Three more plead guilty in feeding our future fraud scheme

Aug. 1, 2025

• Leominster man indicted for theft of government funds, bank fraud and money laundering in connection with stolen $1,355,000 tax refund check
• Nanticoke man charged with pandemic fraud offenses
• Final defendants plead guilty in Alaska fentanyl, heroin trafficking conspiracy