December 28, 2023
December 27, 2023
- Reynoldsville, PA resident sentenced to 60 months in prison for violating federal narcotics and firearms laws
 - Blandburg, PA resident sentenced to 25 months in prison for violating federal narcotics laws
 
December 26, 2023
December 22, 2023
- Las Vegas-area accountant sentenced to prison for bribery and tax fraud
 - Four Tampa Bay area tax preparers sentenced to prison
 
December 21, 2023
- Central Coast man previously charged in bribery scheme faces new charges relating to real estate deal
 - Hamden man sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for attempting to travel to fight for ISIS
 - Wheatfield man sentenced for his role in debt collection scheme
 - Albuquerque investment broker sentenced to 2 years in prison for Ponzi scheme, failure to file tax returns
 - Business owner sentenced on tax charge
 - Former car salesman sentenced for money laundering
 - Slovakian man accused of running darknet market selling drugs and personal information
 - Former Swiss executive pleads guilty to tax fraud conspiracy
 
December 20, 2023
- Braintree man pleads guilty in connection with money laundering ring
 - Money laundering girlfriend of drug kingpin sentenced to over three years in prison
 - North Carolina man admits role in international market manipulation scheme related to New Jersey deli
 - Detroit man sentenced to 200 months for armed drug trafficking and money laundering
 - Former Irondequoit police chief and business partner going to prison for failing to report hundreds of thousands of dollars in income to the IRS
 
December 19, 2023
- Maryland marketing company owner and Texas tax return preparer charged with tax fraud scheme
 - Return preparer and former owner of national tax preparation franchise sentenced to prison for evading his own taxes
 - Man charged for 2 million dollar COVID-19 relief fraud scheme
 - Former owner of Everett and Lynnwood restaurants sentenced to 10 months in prison for multi-year tax fraud
 - RICO conspirators responsible for nationwide computer intrusions and tax fraud sentenced to federal prison
 - Arizona man charged with defrauding at least 150 victims in cryptocurrency investment scheme
 
December 18, 2023
- Physician convicted for prescription drug conspiracy resulting in death
 - Kenai woman sentenced to prison for bankruptcy fraud
 - Woman sentenced to 31 months in prison for stealing stimulus payments and purchasing Mercedes-Benz and jewelry
 - Georgetown restauranteurs sentenced to prison for tax offenses and theft of COVID-19 relief funds
 - Two Inland Empire brothers sentenced to 24 years in prison for trafficking heroin via home delivery service in Orange County
 - New Jersey man pleads guilty to leading one of the largest no-fault insurance frauds in New York history
 - Orlando restauranteur sentenced to federal prison for tax fraud
 
December 15, 2023
- Altamonte Springs dentist sentenced to two years in federal prison for tax evasion
 - Two Ohio residents arrested for conspiring to defraud the EIDL program
 - Harrisburg man sentenced to one year in prison for failing to pay employment taxes
 - Former owner of Plymouth restaurant sentenced for tax evasion
 - California CEO pleads guilty to employment tax crimes
 - Sacramento grocery store owner and general manager indicted for conspiracy, immigration fraud, obstruction of justice, and pandemic relief fraud
 - Nanticoke electrician pleads guilty to tax evasion
 - Bellevue, Washington tax preparer indicted for aiding and assisting with false tax returns
 - Ponte Vedra Beach man pleads guilty to defrauding his former employer out of over $22 million
 - Georgia tax preparer sentenced, ordered to pay $204,267 restitution to IRS
 - Metro-Atlanta man pleads guilty to money laundering of COVID-19 unemployment funds
 - Man sentenced to 37 months for COVID-19 fraud
 - Fairfax doctor pleads guilty to obstructing the IRS, agrees to pay $5.3 million
 
December 14, 2023
- Owner of Maryland paving and construction company sentenced to prison for tax evasion
 - Parkersburg man pleads guilty to tax evasion
 - Bronx woman convicted at trial for laundering over $2 million in funds from victims of romance fraud schemes
 - Former security engineer for international technology company pleads guilty to hacking two decentralized cryptocurrency exchanges
 - Minneapolis man pleads guilty to wire fraud in $250 million feeding our future fraud scheme
 - Brooklyn cardiologist charged with health care fraud and bribery
 - Greene County men sentenced to jail for tax evasion conspiracy
 
December 13, 2023
- Shasta County resident sentenced to 18 months in prison for tax fraud
 - Pittsburgh resident indicted on federal fraud charges
 - Former operator of two municipal golf courses found guilty of tax conspiracy and making false statement
 - Former Massachusetts State Police troopers convicted of conspiring to steal overtime funds and wire fraud
 - Federal grand jury indicts former social media stock promoter in a ‘pump-and-dump’ securities fraud scheme
 
December 12, 2023
- Money launderer for cartel sent to prison
 - Maryland tax preparer sentenced to more than two years in federal prison for preparing false tax returns
 - Former Hollywood-based anti-poverty nonprofit CEO sentenced to six months in federal prison for embezzlement and cheating on taxes
 - Two men charged for operating $25m cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme
 - Canadian/Lebanese citizen charged with mail and wire fraud and money laundering conspiracies makes appearance in federal court
 - IT consultant sentenced to federal prison for filing false tax returns
 
December 11, 2023
- Colombian man pleads guilty to money laundering conspiracy
 - Former Miami-Dade police officer sentenced for COVID-19 relief fraud
 - Jodi Lathrop pleads guilty to tax evasion and wire fraud
 - Lead defendant in indictment targeting Vineland Boys street gang in San Fernando Valley sentenced to 16 years in federal prison
 - Lebanon, Virginia man pleads guilty to $1.4 million wire fraud
 - North Tonawanda businessman pleads guilty to tax evasion
 - IRS-CI counts down top 10 cases of 2023
 
December 8, 2023
- Clothing wholesaler ordered to pay nearly $10.4 million for violating U.S. drug trafficking sanctions and for customs fraud
 - Seven more defendants charged in prosecution of central Indiana dog fighting and drug trafficking conspiracies
 - Construction company president sentenced to 10 years in prison for 25-year fraud on the U.S. government
 - Romance scammer convicted at trial of money laundering, wire fraud conspiracies
 - West New York financial advisor convicted on 11 counts at trial in multimillion-dollar health care fraud conspiracy
 - Dana Point man sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for conspiring to export high-end computer servers to Iran
 
December 7, 2023
- West Palm Beach man sentenced to 71 months in prison on money laundering, gambling, prostitution, and tax evasion charges
 - Federal jury convicts former IBEW Local 98 business manager and president of conspiracy, embezzlement of union funds, and tax fraud
 - Winston-Salem woman pleads guilty to false statements in connection with cares act loan
 - Brooklyn hospital dietician found guilty of filing false tax returns and obstructing the IRS
 - Former CEO of Sacramento non-profit indicted for stealing over a million dollars from the charity
 
December 6, 2023
- Pierce County based drug trafficking organization indicted for distributing cocaine, fentanyl, and marijuana
 - Marion County tax preparer charged with filing false tax returns
 - Local business owner sentenced for failure to pay employment taxes and file federal tax return
 - Army civilian employee indicted in San Antonio for alleged $100 million fraud scheme
 - Sixty foreign nationals charged with international drug trafficking
 - Owners of Brooklyn plumbing company indicted for evading taxes on more than $10 million in income
 - Belgian national charged with crimes related to scheme to illegally procure critical U.S. technology for end users in China and Russia
 - Suburban Chicago man admits trafficking fentanyl and attempting to support ISIS
 
December 5, 2023
- Arizona man charged with defrauding local physician out of $207,000
 - Boise man sentenced for role in conspiracy to use cryptocurrency to launder drug proceeds
 - Arizona woman is sentenced to prison for defrauding Medicaid programs in two states
 - Former executive director of Alabama Association for Career and Technical Education sentenced for embezzling federal funding
 - Burlington man pleads guilty to gun possession and fraud charges
 
December 4, 2023
- U.S. Treasury launches Counter-Fentanyl Strike Force
 - San Diego man admits bank and tax fraud
 - Jacksonville business owner sentenced to federal prison for COVID Relief fraud
 - Arizona man sentenced to 45 years is the last co-conspirator sentenced in a multi-defendant international meth conspiracy
 - IRS Criminal Investigation releases FY23 Annual Report highlighting more than 2,600 investigations, $37.1 billion identified from tax and financial crimes
 
December 1, 2023
- Massachusetts commercial fisherman sentenced to prison for tax evasion
 - “Money Mule” sentenced to one year in prison for call center scheme that defrauded victims of more than $700,000
 - Baton Rouge woman sentenced for defrauding the PPP and EIDL loan programs and laundering the fraudulent proceeds
 - Longtime employee of Harford County manufacturer sentenced for a $20 million kickback scheme