July 2023 Criminal Investigation Press Releases

July 31, 2023

• Real estate developer sentenced for investment fraud, bank fraud, money laundering, and tax evasion schemes

• Monroe County man charged with committing over 2.2 million dollars in COVID-19 pandemic fraud

• Springfield business owner pleads guilty to 14 million dollar fraud scheme

• Niagara Falls businessman sentenced on tax charge, forfeits 1 million dollars

• New Jersey tax preparer arrested for fraudulently seeking over 124 million dollars in COVID-19 employment tax credits

• RGV tax preparers indicted for filing over two dozen false tax returns
• Operators of Florida labor staffing companies sentenced to prison for tax and immigration charges

July 28, 2023

• Guymon woman sentenced for preparing false tax returns

• Husband and wife plead guilty to $65 million TRICARE fraud

July 27, 2023

• Omaha attorney pleads guilty to filing false tax return

• General contractor agrees to plead guilty to tax evasion
• Pharmaceutical president and company sentenced in counterfeit drug trafficking conspiracy
• CEO of Paycheck Protection Program lender MBE Capital sentenced to 54 months in prison in connection with fraudulent loan and lender applications
• Glendive woman sentenced to more than three years in prison for stealing more than $119,000 from elderly man whose finances she managed

• Kenner man pleads guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering

• Joplin woman sentenced for failing to pay employment taxes

July 26, 2023

• Jacksonville tax preparer pleads guilty to preparing false personal return

• Smoke shop owner who fled to Brazil in 2014 sentenced selling K2
• San Francisco man charged with stealing more than $340,000 in section 8 housing benefits
• Bristol man pleads guilty fraud and tax offenses
• Former chairman of 1 Global indicted for running $250 million securities fraud scheme
• Russian National pleads guilty to wire fraud
• Brighton food truck business owner sentenced for $1.5 million COVID-relief fraud scheme

July 25, 2023

• Three foreign nationals sentenced for operating an international fentanyl trafficking organization

• SSNDOB Marketplace administrator pleads guilty to charges related to websites that sold millions of social security numbers
• Johnstown woman sentenced for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine and heroin
• Agoura Hills accountant pleads guilty to lying to federal officials investigating illegal gambling operation
• Leader of drug trafficking organization pleads guilty to drug trafficking, sex trafficking, and money laundering
• Fairbanks men indicted for wildlife conspiracy, wire fraud, money laundering
• Former motorsports sales manager sentenced for embezzlement and filing false tax returns

July 24, 2023

• Skimmer gets prison for million-dollar financial identity theft scheme

• Chambersburg man convicted of preparing false tax returns
• Member of violent Chicago street gang sentenced to 50 years in federal prison
• Clay County man pleads guilty to aggravated identity theft, fraud, and tax charges
• Former political staffer sentenced for role in scheme to defraud campaigns and political action committees
• Ontario man sentenced for his leadership role in operating fentanyl enterprise from Canadian prison

July 21, 2023

• Florida attorney charged in fraudulent charitable contribution tax scheme

• California woman sentenced to prison for embezzling more than $1 million from employer

July 20, 2023

• Omaha man sentenced for tax evasion and role in multimillion dollar embezzlement

• Seventeen charged in multistate drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracy
• Snohomish County tax preparer pleads guilty to assisting in the preparation of false tax returns
• Former Newark restaurant owner admits failing to collect and pay payroll taxes
• Repeat offender and prolific fentanyl trafficker is sentenced to over 15 years in prison
• Alexandria man pleads guilty to preparing false tax returns
• Former union officer sentenced to 140 months in prison for conspiracy, wire fraud, and embezzlement

July 19, 2023

• New Jersey owner of auto repair shop sentenced to prison for filing a false corporate tax return

• Five sentenced to prison on federal drug charges
• Derby man charged with distributing meth
• Chinese national real estate developer appears in court to face charges of bribing a prominent San Francisco public official
• Businessman Jeff Jafari sentenced to five years in federal prison for bribing officials to obtain contracts
• Dark web drug trafficker pleads guilty to charges arising out of a clandestine drug lab
• Florida woman charged with defrauding elderly West Virginia man
• Long Beach man found guilty of federal charges for bombing of Aliso Viejo day spa 
• Charlotte business owner and disaster relief loan “consultant” is indicted for $1.2 million COVID-19 fraud scheme

July 18, 2023

• Michigan insurance salesman sentenced to prison for tax and bankruptcy crimes

• Ansonia man sentenced to federal prison for stealing and selling catalytic converters
• Gadsden pharmacist pleads guilty to drug distribution conspiracy and tax crimes
• Former central Ohio man pleads guilty to fraud in applications for $1.1 million in COVID relief loans
• NC man is sentenced to prison for operating an unlicensed cryptocurrency business and related tax charges
• Former Detroit tax preparer pleads guilty to preparing false returns
• Queen City Financial tax preparer is sentenced to prison
• Kansas chiropractor pleads guilty to money laundering

July 17, 2023

• San Diego couple charged with stealing stimulus payments during pandemic and purchasing luxury Mercedes-Benz and jewelry

• Jury convicts former San Francisco public utilities commission general manager of felony bribery and bank fraud charges
• Connecticut dentist admits evading taxes
• Former employee of Taste of Brazil restaurant in Woburn sentenced for transferring false identification documents
• Former San Francisco senior building inspector sentenced to prison term for accepting illegal gratuities

July 14, 2023

• Long Island man pleads guilty to massive COVID-19 loan fraud

• Brooklyn, NY, consultant for Amazon sellers sentenced to home detention and fine for role in bribery scheme
• O.C. surgeon sentenced accepting illicit payments to perform surgeries at corrupt hospital
• International tax advisor arrested for helping to conceal over $100 million of income for high-net-worth U.S. taxpayers
• Idaho Springs Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Wire Fraud and Money Laundering

July 13, 2023

• Queens acupuncture business owner pleads guilty to causing the filing of false returns

• Former Social Security Administration employee sentenced to federal prison
• Lieutenant for the Arellano-Felix Mexican drug cartel pleads guilty to leading a major drug trafficking enterprise and conspiracy to commit murder in furtherance of the enterprise
• Mesa woman pleads guilty to fraud targeting AHCCCS
• Kouts woman sentenced for tax offenses
• Seven more individuals charged in connection with illegal gambling businesses in Ohio

July 12, 2023

• Middle District of Florida task force continues to combat COVID-19 fraud

• Luzerne County publishing company owner pleads guilty to failing to pay federal payroll taxes
• Two firefighters sentenced to prison for roles in multimillion-dollar health care fraud conspiracy
• Six arrested for multistate drug conspiracy spanning Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Texas
• Chicago man sentenced to 15 years in federal prison; investigation shut down Missouri to Chicago gun pipeline
• Clinton man pleads guilty to employment tax fraud, mail fraud and false statements; Leominster man pleads guilty to filing false tax returns
• United Bank of Michigan senior vice president sentenced for embezzlement and tax evasion
• Man who possessed stolen gun and participated in catalytic converter theft ring sentenced
• Harrisburg woman sentenced to six months for failing to collect and pay employment taxes

July 11, 2023

• Tax preparer gets 12 years for illegally filing tax returns

• Ohio financial planner pleads guilty to promoting illegal charitable contribution tax scheme
• West L.A. man charged with running decade-long scheme that scammed elderly victims
• Senior Adviser to the operator of the Silk Road online black market sentenced to 20 years in prison
• Former security engineer arrested for defrauding decentralized cryptocurrency exchange

July 10, 2023

• Rockport business owner charged with filing false tax returns

• North Vernon man charged with unlicensed firearms dealing business
• Sarasota restaurant owner pleads guilty to failing to provide information to the IRS
• Kratom Company and owner plead guilty to illegal importation and money laundering
• Grand jury indicts seven defendants for their roles in Rochester illegal sports gambling business
• Final defendant sentenced for Tucson-based drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracy
• New Orleans woman sentenced for theft of government funds

July 7, 2023

• New York man sentenced for sexual exploitation of children and distribution of child pornography

• Dothan man sentenced for federal tax evasion, mail fraud, and drug charges
• Springfield man sentenced to 17 years for drug-trafficking conspiracy
• Federal charges in the kidnapping of 2-year-old Wynter Cole-Smith
• Orange County businessman pleads guilty to tax evasion for failing to report nearly $9 million of his company’s income
• Former president of beauty career training school sentenced to federal prison

July 6, 2023

• Minneapolis tax preparer sentenced to prison for tax crimes

• Two additional defendants in North Carolina plead guilty to national COVID-19 fraud scheme
• Colorado businessman sentenced to prison for employment tax evasion
• Former bank VP pleads guilty to embezzling 550,000 dollars

July 5, 2023

• North Easton contractor agrees to plead guilty to tax evasion

• Dane County woman charged with money laundering and drug offenses

July 3, 2023

• Former Malibu resident pleads guilty to bilking investors out of 3 million dollars with false promises of discounted, pre-IPO shares of Alibaba

• Former Miami-Dade police officer pleads guilty to COVID-19 relief fraud