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IR-2023-253, Dec. 29, 2023 — The Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service issued Notice 2024-13 announcing that the IRS intends to propose regulations to implement the product identification number (PIN) requirement with respect to the energy efficient home improvement credit.

IR-2023-204, Nov. 2, 2023 — The Internal Revenue Service announced today that the hearing on proposed regulations regarding digital asset transactions currently scheduled for Nov. 7 has been rescheduled for Nov. 13, 2023.

Sept. 17, 2024 — Yesterday, a Louisville anesthesiologist pled guilty to conspiring with others in his medical practice to issue pre-signed and unsigned prescriptions for Schedule II controlled substances.

November 28, 2023 — U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle has sentenced Vitalii Chychasov of Ukraine to eight years in federal prison for his administration of SSNDOB Marketplace, a series of websites that operated for years and were used to sell personal information, including the names, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers belonging to individuals in the United States.

June 7, 2022 — United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg, along with Special Agent in Charge Darrell Waldon for the IRS - Criminal Investigation Washington D.C. Field Office, and Special Agent in Charge David Walker for the FBI - Tampa Division, today announced the seizure of the SSNDOB Marketplace, a series of websites that operated for years and were used to sell personal information, including the names, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers belonging to individuals in the United States. The SSNDOB Marketplace has listed the personal information for approximately 24 million individuals in the United States, generating more than $19 million USD in sales revenue.

March 16, 2023 — Former Macomb County commissioner of Public Works Anthony Marrocco was sentenced to three months in prison and fourteen months of home confinement for attempted extortion by withholding county permits from businessmen who refused to contribute to Marrocco’s campaign accounts, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today.

IR-2024-171, June 21, 2024 — The Internal Revenue Service today announced the release of draft Form 6765, Credit for Increasing Research Activities, also known as the Research Credit.

IR-2022-58, March 15, 2022 — In an effort to provide American taxpayers with the service they deserve, the Internal Revenue Service announced today the latest expansion of its multilingual products, Braille, text, audio and large print products are now available in Spanish.

November 30, 2022 — Announcement of the unsealing of a Complaint charging Rodney Smith, Denise Gant, Ebony Simon, Phya Scott, Priscilla Jackson, Sharon Charles, Yolanda Lawrence, Yolanda Ratcliff, and Zhane RatclIff with conspiring to commit wire fraud by submitting fraudulent SBA loan applications, as well as Complaints charging Brandon Boyle, Delilah Cummings, Vashawn Foreman, Trevor Gordon, Dione Hall, Toni Mccullough, Jarod Ottley, Ronette Short, Edwin Skepple, and Walter Susswell individually with wire fraud for submitting fraudulent loans under the SBA's Economic Injury Disaster Loan ("EIDL") program and/or its Paycheck Protection Program ("PPP").

July 11, 2024 — United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that John Dougherty, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced today by United States District Court Judge Jeffrey L. Schmehl to 72 months’ imprisonment, three years of supervised release, forfeiture of $353,941.35, a $7,100 special assessment, and $50,000 in restitution now, with full restitution to be determined later, for crimes arising from his embezzlement of funds belonging to Local 98 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (“Local 98”) and multiple crimes involving his payment of bribes to codefendant Robert Henon.