IRS - Internal Revenue Service
05/17/2025 | Press release | Archived content
September 2022 Criminal Investigation press releases
September 30, 2022
- Former Rochester CEO going to prison for defrauding his own company
- Atlanta tax preparer sentenced to prison for filing false client returns
September 29, 2022
- Folsom man sentenced to a year in prison for making false tax returns
- Former Olanta resident pleads guilty to drug trafficking and guns possession charges
- Former FIFA official sentenced to 16 months in prison for accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes
- Defendant pleads guilty during trial to conspiring to launder more than $4 million in online romance scam proceeds from United States to Ghana
- Fourth defendant sentenced in Farmington tax fraud conspiracy
- North Carolina man sentenced for conspiracy to defraud the United States and attempts to interfere with administration of Internal Revenue laws
- Scottsdale man convicted of tax evasion
- Four individuals plead guilty in multimillion-dollar scheme to defraud U.S. Department of Education federal financial aid programs
- Former Missouri health care charity executives plead guilty to multimillion-dollar bribery and embezzlement scheme
- Oxford Junction woman sentenced on federal tax charge
September 28, 2022
- Willamette country music concerts president pleads guilty to wire fraud and money laundering
- Ocean View woman sentenced to 51 months imprisonment in federal fraud case
- Denham Springs woman pleads guilty to making and subscribing false tax returns
- Rhode Island man convicted of defrauding investors and tax evasion
- Westlake man sentenced to prison and ordered to pay more than $500,000 in restitution for evading income tax
- IRS-CI issues alert about potential cryptocurrency phishing scam
September 27, 2022
- Clearfield woman sentenced to 57 months in prison and 3 years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine
- Texas man admits chartering plan to bring cocaine from Houston to Pittsburgh
- Texas man and woman indicted for money laundering for online fraud schemes
- Elk County man pleads guilty to distributing methamphetamine
September 26, 2022
- Allport woman pleads guilty to conspiring to distribute methamphetamine
- Two Iowa companies sentenced in wire fraud scheme involving ethanol plant
- Nigerian state official sentenced to 5 years in prison for stealing U.S. disaster aid and taxpayer refunds
- Georgia resident sentenced to 5 years in prison for international lottery fraud scheme that victimized elderly people in California and elsewhere
- Irvine man sentenced to 4 years in federal prison for obtaining more than 5 million dollars in COVID relief loans for sham businesses
- Construction firm owner admits failing to report 4.8 million dollars to IRS
- Somerset County woman admits 1 million dollar Paycheck Protection Program and Economic Injury Disaster Loan fraud scheme
- Three men charged with international market manipulation scheme
- California woman indicted for embezzling more than 1 million dollars from employer
September 23, 2022
- Austin-area man sentenced to 48 years in federal prison for fraud and money laundering violations in the Eastern District of Texas
- Leader of multi-state drug trafficking organization pleads guilty to drug and gun charges
- Father, daughter tax preparers sentenced for income tax filing fraud
- Sioux Falls man arrested for role in bank fraud and money laundering conspiracies
September 22, 2022
- Three business owners charged with wiring drug trafficking money to Mexico
- Parkville man sentenced for 335 million dollar fraud, 615,000 dollar tax violations
- Beverly Hills man pleads guilty to charge for using fake companies in scheme to steal millions of dollars in COVID small business loans
- Mississippi tax preparer sentenced to prison for filing false client returns
September 21, 2022
- Georgia man sentenced to prison for his role in identity theft conspiracy
- Texas man sentenced for fraud and money laundering conspiracies targeting federally-funded meal programs for underprivileged youth
- Harrisburg woman charged with failing to collect and pay employment taxes
- Arcadia man charged with securities fraud for stealing client funds and concealing his investment firm's massive financial losses
- Vallejo tax preparer and business owner pleads guilty to assisting in filing false tax returns
- Holland woman charged with obtaining millions in fraudulent tax refund scheme and laundering money
- Howell Township man sentenced to 18 months in prison for subscribing to false tax returns
September 20, 2022
- Former Sacramento man pleads guilty to failing to file report of foreign bank and financial accounts
- Former Macomb County Public Works commissioner Anthony Marrocco pleads guilty to extortion
- D.C. man sentenced to 10 years in prison for attempting to steal more than $31 million in COVID-19 funds
- Jury convicts man of bankruptcy fraud and tax evasion
- U.S. Attorney announces federal charges against 47 defendants in $250 million feeding our future fraud scheme
- Clarksville man sentenced to 9 months in federal prison for $1.1 million tax fraud scheme
- Dual resident doctor indicted for tax evasion
September 19, 2020
- Member of large drug trafficking organization sentenced to 168 months in federal prison for drug trafficking
- Longmeadow man sentenced for tobacco tax fraud and illegal check-cashing business
September 16, 2022
- Bolton man sentenced to 45 months in federal prison for fraud and tax offenses
- Florida man pleads guilty to money laundering
- U.S. promoter of foreign cryptocurrency company sentenced to prison for role in fraud scheme
September 15, 2022
- Jury convicts four members of KC street gang of drug-trafficking conspiracy
- Placer County couple sentenced for tax-related offenses
- Jefferson City man indicted in 27.1 million dollar bank fraud scheme
- Florida businessman pleads guilty in three cases involving conspiracies to commit health care fraud, pay and receive unlawful kickbacks, and money laundering
- Omaha man sentenced for Paycheck Protection Program fraud
- Wilmington investment advisor pleads guilty to charges related to 7 million dollar scheme to defraud clients
September 14, 2022
- Plover tax preparer sentenced to 8 months
- Recording artist Robert Kelly convicted on federal child pornography and exploitation charges
- Highlands Ranch man sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking and money laundering
September 13, 2022
- Smoke shop owner who fled to Brazil in 2014 convicted of federal drug crimes for selling K2
- Ash Grove woman sentenced for $1.3 million theft, tax scheme
- Former NYPD sergeant pleads guilty to embezzlement scheme
- Local man sent to prison for tax evasion and bankruptcy fraud
- San Jose group homes owner pleads guilty to fraud by diverting foster care funds to personal use
September 12, 2022
- Leader of tax fraud and identity theft scheme sentenced to 12 years in prison
- Syracuse man sentenced to 51 months for committing wire fraud and filing false tax returns
- Lowell nurse pleads guilty in $100 million home health care fraud and kickback scheme
- Jury convicts Lancaster man for international drug trafficking and money laundering
- Former Utica tax preparer indicted for tax fraud
- Keene woman pleads guilty to operating an unlicensed money transmitting business
- Romanian national sentenced to prison for role in international online auction fraud scheme
September 9, 2022
- Old Forge man convicted at trial of bribery and related offenses
- Johnstown man pleads guilty in large-scale meth distribution ring
- Leader of Brooklyn-based eastern European organized crime syndicate extradited from Switzerland to face racketeering and other charges
- Defendant pleads guilty to accepting more than 500,000 dollars in bribes in connection with a multimillion dollar New York City public works contract
- Bucks County man charged with causing more than 1.5 million dollars in damage to decommissioned power plants across Philadelphia region by stealing copper wire to sell for scrap
- Federal jury finds three guilty in pyramid scheme
September 8, 2022
- Florida businessman charged with payroll tax crimes
- Atlantic County firefighter convicted on four counts in multimillion-dollar health care fraud conspiracy
- Maryland woman sentenced to federal prison for fraud schemes resulting in losses of more than 1.4 million dollars
- Former City of Atlanta employee Mitzi Bickers sentenced to 14 years in federal prison
September 7, 2022
- Broome County business owner sentenced to prison for tax fraud
- Kalispell woman admits running money mule business, sending money overseas
- Former defense attorney sentenced to six months in federal prison for conspiring to bribe the elected state attorney
September 6, 2022
- Owner of tax preparation business pleads guilty to tax and wire fraud
- Former stockbroker sentenced to 6 and a half years in prison for 3.2 million dollar investment fraud, cheating on taxes and grandparent scam
September 2, 2022
- Colorado Springs man sentenced for drug trafficking and money laundering
- District man sentenced to 78 months in prison for schemes to defraud small business pandemic relief programs and the Archdiocese of Washington
- Former owner of tax preparation business found guilty of tax crime
- Oakland money service business owner and employees charged with laundering drug proceeds
- Orleans Parish man charged with tax crime
September 1, 2022
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