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July 31, 2024 ¡ª A Florida businessman made his initial appearance after a federal grand jury in Kansas City, Kansas, returned an indictment charging him with defrauding corporate clients in Kansas, Missouri, Utah, and Ohio by fraudulently inducing them to enter loan agreements to finance construction projects and then misappropriating more than $4 million in deposits made by the victims.

September 25, 2023 ¡ª 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.

Feb. 3, 2025 ¡ª Patrick Strauss of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 48 months of probation ¨C including six months of home confinement to be followed by a period of intermittent incarceration, that is, 26 weekends in jail ¨C 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.

April 29, 2024 ¡ª A Springfield, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to embezzling more than $400,000 from a trust fund under his control.

August 29, 2022 ¡ª A former Massachusetts attorney and his wife have been sentenced in federal court in Boston in connection with various mortgage fraud schemes.

Aug. 27, 2024 ¡ª Augusto Alizo was sentenced today to 14 months in prison for charges related to his role in a multi-million-dollar fraud scheme, announced United States Attorney Ismail J. Ramsey and IRS Criminal Investigation (CI) Acting Special Agent in Charge Michael Mosley. The sentence was handed down by the Hon. Richard Seeborg, Chief U.S. District Judge.

June 27, 2024 ¡ª Marcello Banes, Chairman of the Newton County Board of Commissioners, and Stephanie Lindsey, a real estate broker and attorney, have been indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiring to launder money obtained from wire fraud and honest services wire fraud.

September 14, 2023 ¡ª A New Jersey man pleaded guilty today to evading federal income taxes.

November 3, 2023 ¡ª Scott Lawrence of Las Vegas was sentenced on November 3 to one year and one day in prison for evading payment of his federal income taxes. Lawrence pleaded guilty to tax evasion on July 26, 2022.

Feb. 26, 2025 ¡ª A pair of Charlotte businessmen were sentenced today in federal court for failing to account for and pay over to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) more than $150,000 in trust fund taxes over five quarters in 2016 and 2017, announced Lawrence J. Cameron, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.