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July 21, 2022 — A Michigan real estate consultant and accountant was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for filing false tax returns with the IRS that omitted more than $800,000 in income, most of which he earned from a kickback scheme.

October 11, 2022 — A Michigan man was sentenced to 38 months in prison today after engaging in a nearly decade-long effort to prevent the IRS from collecting unpaid taxes he and his businesses owed.

July 26, 2022 — A Nevada man pleaded guilty today to evading payment of taxes he owed to the IRS.

July 29, 2024 — A former Roswell escrow company owner was sentenced to 46-months in prison for defrauding his clients of over $1.2 million.

September 25, 2023 — A federal grand jury in Roanoke returned an indictment last week charging a Fieldale, Virginia man with engaging in a fraud scheme in connection with a residential real estate transaction valued at more than $1.3 million.

January 3, 2022 — Alexander Avergoon, a longtime San Diego real estate agent and businessman, was sentenced in federal court today to 64 months in prison for defrauding investors in several Ponzi real estate investment schemes. As part of his guilty plea, Avergoon also admitted to participating in multiple tax evasion and fraud schemes with Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, former director at Chabad of Poway.

Nov. 22, 2024 — A federal jury in Brooklyn returned a guilty verdict yesterday against Avraham Tarshish for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud, and related wire fraud counts, in connection with a scheme to defraud mortgage loan holders, including the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) and other mortgage lending businesses. The verdict followed a 12-day trial before Chief United States District Judge Margo K. Brodie. When sentenced, the defendant faces up to 30 years in prison.

Feb. 3, 2025 — Patrick Strauss of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 48 months of probation – including six months of home confinement to be followed by a period of intermittent incarceration, that is, 26 weekends in jail – and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $304,900 and fined $8,784, all for participating in a conspiracy that fraudulently obtained more than $304,000 in Paycheck Protection Program loans.

Oct. 17, 2024 — A federal grand jury returned an indictment on October 15, 2024, charging a Washington man with embezzling loan proceeds intended for the development and construction of two commercial real estate projects.

Aug. 27, 2024 — An indictment was unsealed in federal court Aug. 27 charging the owners of a local real estate investment company with defrauding individual investors and commercial lenders out of more than $18 million.