December 29, 2021
December 28, 2021
December 23, 2021
December 22, 2021
- Buffalo man pleads guilty to filing a false tax return
 - Rafael “Raphy” Pina convicted of firearms violations
 - Final two of ten women sentenced in multi-defendant tax fraud scheme
 - Georgia man pleads guilty to orchestrating nationwide tax fraud scheme
 
December 21, 2021
- Business owner sentenced to prison and ordered to pay over $145,432 in restitution
 - Essex County man sentenced to 28 months in prison for conspiring to steal mail and commit bank fraud
 - Harvard University professor convicted of making false statements and tax offenses
 - North Carolina business owner pleads guilty to filing false tax return
 
December 17, 2021
- Former San Francisco Public Works director admits to string of briberies and corruption during years in office
 - Defendant sentenced to 78 months in prison for transnational fraud scheme
 - Organizer of conspiracy that defrauded Cares Act of over $1.5 million in unemployment benefits sentenced to 10 years in prison
 - Operator of Westport Tree Service Company pleads guilty to tax evasion
 
December 16, 2021
- Chief executive officer of a California liquor distribution company sentenced in college admissions case
 - Hampton man pleads guilty to seeking fraudulent IRS COVID relief
 - Leaders of a methamphetamine trafficking organization sentenced to decades in federal prison
 - California man operating dark web vendor account pleads guilty to conspiracy to distribute narcotics
 - Former West Hollywood doctor and company associated with 1-800-get-thin guilty of massive fraud against health insurers
 - Three Middlesex County individuals charged with $2.1 million in Paycheck Protection Program fraud and Economic Injury Disaster Loan fraud schemes
 - Guilty pleas entered and HISD official indicted in federal corruption probe
 - Chester County woman sentenced to over one year for stealing pandemic unemployment assistance funds
 - Two Florida men plead guilty to $35 million COVID-19 relief fraud scheme
 
December 15, 2021
- Former funeral home executive sentenced to more than two years in prison for embezzlement and tax fraud
 - Owner of a warehousing company pleads guilty to wire fraud in college admissions case
 - Jury convicts 3 participants in a prison drug-smuggling operation
 - State college man charged with failure to pay taxes
 - Philadelphia attorney charged with pandemic relief fraud
 - Four people sentenced to prison for roles in multimillion-dollar health care fraud conspiracy targeting state health benefits programs
 - IRS Criminal Investigation appoints Matthew D. Line new executive special agent in charge for Miami Field Office
 
December 14, 2021
- President of three Puyallup tribal smoke shops sentenced to prison for money-laundering scheme to evade state tobacco taxes
 - Former Netflix executive sentenced to 30 months for bribes and kickbacks from Netflix vendors
 - Main defendant in 32 defendant drug distribution case involving Norteños gang sentenced to fourteen years in prison
 - Virginia tax preparer sentenced to prison for false returns
 - New Jersey man sentenced to 12 years in prison for promoting tax fraud scheme
 - Chicago consultant pleads guilty to federal tax offense
 - Three defendants charged in $1.3 million COVID-19 fraud scheme
 - Albuquerque tax preparer pleads guilty to preparing fraudulent returns
 - Gary tax return preparer sentenced to prison and ordered to pay over $1 million in restitution
 - Louisville couple indicted for aiding in the preparation of false tax returns
 - Cumberland County attorney sentenced to 14 months in prison for tax evasion
 - Avis man sentenced to 5 years in prison for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine
 - Sussex County man sentenced to 64 months in prison for fraudulently obtaining $5.6 million loan meant to help small businesses during COVID-19 pandemic
 
December 13, 2021
- Loan officer admits participation in large-scale mortgage fraud scheme
 - Georgia woman pleads guilty to promoting nationwide tax fraud scheme
 - Big Stone Gap man sentenced for unemployment, mail fraud
 - Nampa woman pleads guilty to failure to account for and pay over employment tax
 - Worcester man sentenced for wire fraud and tax offenses
 - Former NFL player sentenced to federal prison for COVID-19 relief fraud
 - Pain clinic owners sentenced to federal prison for illegal opioid prescribing
 - Virginia business owner charged with $1.5 million employment tax fraud
 - Fugitive extradited from Cameroon to the United States to serve 80-year prison sentence
 
December 11, 2021
December 10, 2021
- Three individuals associated with Connecticut energy cooperative convicted of misusing funds
 - Prison consultant sentenced to six years for defrauding BOP substance abuse treatment program
 - Woodbridge resident who embezzled from family company pleads guilty to tax evasion
 - Toledo man charged with submitting fraudulent claims for tax refund
 - Camden County woman convicted in stolen identity refund fraud scheme
 - Owner of local compounding pharmacies sentenced to federal prison for tax evasion and health care fraud
 
December 9, 2021
- Former Signal Peak Mine official admits conspiring to not report coal mine accidents that injured workers
 - Warehousing company owner agrees to plead guilty in college admissions case
 - Medical director at Bridgeville suboxone clinic sentenced for unlawful dispensing of controlled substances
 - Former media company CEO sentenced in college admissions case
 - Placer County couple pleads guilty to tax-related offenses
 - New Hampshire roofing contractor sentenced for filing a false tax return
 - Bellevue, Washington, CPA pleads guilty to tax fraud
 - Tampa Bay area man pleads guilty to money laundering conspiracy
 - Middlesex man sentenced to 30 months in prison for Paycheck Protection Program fraud scheme and obtaining funds from stolen and altered U.S. Treasury check
 - IRS-CI’s international presence tackles corruption across the globe
 
December 8, 2021
- Former University of Guam professor and co-defendants sentenced in bid-rigging scheme
 - Leader in synthetic identity fraud ring sentenced to prison for bank fraud
 - Newport News commercial fisherman sentenced for tax fraud
 - Greene County man pleads guilty to tax evasion conspiracy
 - Atlanta man sentenced for Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) fraud
 - Three directors charged in federal indictment alleging criminal conspiracies at failed Chicago bank
 
December 7, 2021
- Long Island contractor sentenced to two years for payroll scheme
 - Two influential members of the Universal Aryan Brotherhood admit to participating in a racketeering enterprise and drug conspiracy from prison
 - Two Silicon Valley parents plead guilty in college admissions case
 - Former chief deputy Nassau County executive sentenced to 18 months in prison for obstructing justice
 - Greensburg doctor sentenced to nearly five years in prison for accepting kickbacks in exchange for prescribing fentanyl
 - Two defendants charged with unemployment insurance benefit fraud combined actual losses in excess of $3.2 million
 
December 6, 2021
- Los Angeles Fashion District company owner sentenced to one year in prison for committing customs violations and tax offenses
 - Denver man sentenced to 14 years in prison for distributing illicit drugs
 - Former owner and CEO of pharmaceutical company charged with embezzlement
 
December 3, 2021
- Leader of transnational drug conspiracy tied to the El Chapo Mexican drug cartel going to prison for life
 - Gold dealers sentenced for financial crimes and gun crimes
 - Tampa woman who laundered more than $2 million for international “child modeling” websites sentenced to over five years in federal prison
 - Baltimore man facing federal indictment for tax evasion and failure to file tax returns
 - Owner of Blair pharmacy pleads guilty to providing illegal payments to independent marketers to induce them to refer business to his pharmacy
 - Nonprofit CEO pleads guilty to wire fraud in relation to COVID-19 loan fraud
 - Tampa Bay area medical biller pleads guilty to healthcare fraud, aggravated identity theft, and tax offenses
 - Ceres man pleads guilty to conspiring to run an animal fighting operation
 
December 2, 2021
- Essex County postal employee arrested for mail theft
 - Oregon check casher and construction company operators indicted in payroll tax evasion scheme
 - St. Croix woman sentenced to 18 months incarceration in federal prison for her involvement in a multi-defendant tax fraud scheme
 - St. Louis business owner pleads guilty to tax fraud
 - Anchorage couple sentenced to prison for distributing drugs and money laundering
 - Texas man sentenced to 12 years in prison for defrauding business opportunity buyers of more than $5 million
 - Four men sentenced to prison for roles in construction insurance fraud scheme
 - Owner of East Bay tax preparation company charged with tax fraud
 - Massachusetts contractor pleads guilty to $1.8 million payroll tax scheme
 - Fry Foods, Inc. human resources manager sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for payroll and COVID-19 testing schemes
 - California tobacco executive sentenced to five years in prison for conspiring to evade federal excise taxes on Dominican cigars
 - Lancaster man charged with drug trafficking and money laundering
 
December 1, 2021
- Former charter school official sent to prison
 - Pittsburgh resident sentenced to more than five years in prison for conspiracy, health care fraud, and aggravated identity theft
 - Baltimore man sentenced to federal prison for conspiring to sell stolen goods and tax fraud
 - California parents agree to plead guilty in college admissions case
 - Jury convicts Gypsy Joker Outlaw Motorcycle Club members on racketeering charges
 - Owner of local marketing business to pay quarter of a million dollars for committing COVID relief fraud
 - Louisiana construction company employee pleads guilty to tax conspiracy
 - Former Rochester Housing Authority chair convicted by a federal jury on 28 counts including multiple fraud charges, money laundering and lying to the FBI
 - Federal jury convicts Pennsylvania man and new Mexico man for their roles in fraud, money laundering and obstruction conspiracies
 - Cambridge man pleads guilty to filing false tax return
 - Former St. Tammany Parish sheriff Jack Strain pleads guilty to soliciting and receiving bribes involving contract for privatization of work release program in St. Tammany Parish
 - MediaMuv principals charged with stealing millions in music royalties