January 31, 2022 St. Paul man pleads guilty to $841,000 Covid relief scheme to defraud the small business administration’s paycheck protection program Somerset County woman charged with $1 million paycheck protection program and economic injury disaster loan fraud scheme Uncasville business owner sentenced to prison for tax evasion San Antonio man gets prison time for tax evasion Signal Peak Energy fined $1 million, sentenced to three years of probation for violating environmental, worker safety regulations at Roundup coal mine January 28, 2022 Vice president of Kenwood Keys pleads guilty to failing to pay over payroll taxes North Carolina surgeon and wife sentenced to prison for tax crimes IRS-CI reminds taxpayers living abroad of filing season requirements U.S. Attorney announces extradition of Australian tech entrepreneur in multimillion-dollar text-messaging consumer fraud scheme January 27, 2022 Somerset County man charged with $860,000 paycheck protection program and economic injury disaster loan fraud scheme January 26, 2022 Stamford man who fraudulently obtained more than $4 million in COVID-19 relief funds pleads guilty Director of Chabad at UCSD admits to conspiracy to defraud Qualcomm with former Chabad of Poway Rabbi Goldstein Bartonsville man indicted for pandemic loan fraud Co-founder and former CEO of foreign oil company sentenced to 60 months in prison for failure to file tax returns causing over $20 million in losses to the U.S. Treasury Ulster County man sentenced to 60 months for conspiring to commit COVID-19 relief fraud Twenty arrested, charged in "Operation Shut Down Corner" Judge sentences area man to 36 months for tax crimes CEO of major online cryptocurrency exchange company indicted for defrauding company’s customers, destroying evidence, and tax evasion January 25, 2022 Peoria man charged with host of felony offenses in bank fraud scheme Danville doctor pleads guilty to tax evasion Charlotte man pleads guilty to conspiracy to defraud the North Carolina Medicaid program and money laundering CEO of South Florida armored transport company pleads guilty to committing customs fraud as part of a multimillion dollar dirty gold money laundering conspiracy January 24, 2022 Florida dentist sentenced to 12 months and a day in prison for public corruption scheme involving former Arkansas state senator Chapel Hill man sentenced to more than 10 years imprisonment for elder fraud home repair scheme Tampa man arrested and charged with preparation of false tax returns North Carolina man indicted for tax evasion Midland businesswoman pleaded guilty to tax charge Indictment names six in scheme to provide high-powered firearms and huge quantities of ammunition to Mexican drug cartel January 21, 2022 Smyrna man charged in paycheck protection program fraud Springfield man pleads guilty for distributing marijuana on the dark web and laundering proceeds January 20, 2022 CFO of KC company pleads guilty to $3 million embezzlement Newark physician and West New York man charged with $3.4 million health care and wire fraud conspiracy, money laundering, and making false statements Former defense contractor sentenced to 10 years for fraud, money laundering and ID theft Northeast Philly tax preparer pleads guilty to 29 counts of filing false tax returns Edmond woman pleads guilty to CARES Act Main Street Lending Program fraud Leader of complex international fraud and money laundering ring sentenced to 14 years in prison Attorney pleads guilty to fraud conspiracy and filing false tax return Insurance producer charged with failing to remit $29.5 million in payroll taxes Baltimore non-profit owner pleads guilty to federal charges related to the gambling of federal funds intended for his youth focused non-profit and for filing false tax returns Reagor Dykes CFO sentenced to seven years in prison for wire fraud conspiracy Jesup man sentenced to federal prison for failing to forward taxes he withheld from his employees' paychecks January 19, 2022 Local adoption agency bookkeeper sentenced to federal prison for scheme to defraud employer and family Glastonbury business owner sentenced to prison for filing false federal income tax returns Former federal credit union president sentenced to more than four years in prison for embezzlement and failing to file taxes Former Rochester pawn shop owner pleads guilty to selling stolen goods IRS Criminal Investigation issues 10 tips to avoid tax season fraud Bridgeport man sentenced to three years in federal prison for trafficking narcotics Tax preparer sentenced to prison for fraudulent deductions on federal income tax returns January 18, 2022 Former CEO of recycling firm sentenced to second prison term for tax fraud Palm Bay man sentenced to five years in federal prison for COVID relief fraud and tax fraud Jake’s Fireworks owner guilty of federal drug trafficking violations Contractor sentenced for attempting to evade paying taxes on nearly two million dollars of unreported income North Carolina return preparers plead guilty to conspiring to defraud the IRS January 14, 2022 Miami woman pleads guilty in scheme to defraud Verizon Bronx man charged with possession of over 20 kilos of fentanyl Former owner of Latitude 360 indicted for payroll tax fraud Rochester man who bilked at least 1,000 victims out of more than $100 million in a nationwide multimillion dollar Ponzi scheme going to prison January 13, 2022 Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby facing perjury and false mortgage application charges related to her purchase of two vacation properties Blythewood woman sentenced to two years for fraud relating to $1.2 million in coronavirus funds Members of retail theft organization face federal and state charges January 12, 2022 Clearfield County woman pleads guilty in meth distribution conspiracy Princeton woman sentenced to federal prison for fraud Monongalia County man admits to tax fraud Former business owner sentenced for failing to disclose and pay taxes on more than $1.2 million in business revenue Former New Mexico school district employee sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for stealing and reselling Apple products meant for Native American school children and for tax fraud January 11, 2022 Boxford plumbing company owner charged with tax evasion and mail fraud South Florida towing company owner charged with tax evasion Leader of multimillion-dollar tobacco tax fraud and money laundering conspiracy sentenced to prison Conroe man charged with funneling money to India Construction contractor pleads guilty to tax evasion January 10, 2022 Business vice president to admit to failing to account for and turn over more than a million dollars in payroll taxes to the IRS Serial tax fraudster sentenced to more than 19 years in federal prison Founder of nationwide tax return preparation company sentenced to prison for fraud and tax crimes January 7, 2022 Breaux Bridge woman sentenced for failure to pay taxes Ereaux faces charges of bank fraud, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft Lehi couple charged with schemes to defraud victims, including a vulnerable adult, out of a combined 3.65 million dollars; husband charged with kidnapping in connection with scheme Boston man sentenced for marijuana and tax offenses Passaic County man pleads guilty in illegal money transmitting scheme January 6, 2022 Edgeworth tax evader sentenced to prison and ordered to pay $1.9 million in restitution Salem man pleads guilty to small business loan fraud and filing fraudulent tax returns Oregon man sentenced to federal prison and ordered to forfeit over $18 million in stock and properties after stealing millions in COVID-relief funds Virginia man sentenced for conspiring to defraud CARES Act unemployment fund RV salesman pleads guilty to tax evasion Archdale, N.C. man is sentenced to almost three years in prison for COVID-19 relief fraud IRS-CI counts down the top 10 cases of 2021 on Twitter January 5, 2022 Business owner sentenced for fraud scheme Houston Field Office rings in the new year with a new special agent in charge Northeastern N.C. drug trafficking organization leader sentenced to 25 years Former New Mexico Taxation and Revenue employee pleads guilty to wire fraud, identity theft, money laundering Westfield woman going to prison for stealing thousands of dollars from health care agency January 4, 2022 Phoenix business owner pleads guilty to tax evasion North Carolina man pleads guilty to promoting nationwide tax fraud scheme Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein sentenced to prison for multi-million-dollar fraud schemes South Florida bookkeeper for international enterprise that operated sexually exploitive “Child Modeling” websites pleads guilty January 3, 2022 San Diego real estate agent sentenced for multimillion dollar Ponzi schemes IRS Criminal Investigation’s top 10 cases – 6 to 10