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IR-2024-151, May 30, 2024 ¡ª Following a successful filing season pilot and feedback from a variety of partners, the Internal Revenue Service announced today that it will make Direct File a permanent option for filing federal tax returns starting in the 2025 tax season.

Oct. 24, 2023 ¡ª The Commissioner speaks before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee Subcommittees on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce and Health Care and Financial Services on IRS Operations.

Monthly Criminal Investigation press release archive for June 2024.

September 12, 2023 ¡ª Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that Karl Sebastian Greenwood, who co-founded OneCoin with Ruja Ignatova, a/k/a ¡°the Cryptoqueen,¡± was sentenced to 20 years in prison for his orchestration of the massive OneCoin fraud scheme.

Monthly Criminal Investigation press release archive for December 2023

January 17, 2024 ¡ª Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Kenneth Wynder Jr., a former New York State Trooper and the president of the Law Enforcement Employees Benevolent Association ("LEEBA"), a labor union for law enforcement officers employed by the City of New York (the "City"), was sentenced to 40 months in prison, and Andrew Brown, a/k/a "Drew Brown," the former financial advisor for LEEBA, was sentenced to 18 months in prison, for defrauding union members by misappropriating money from LEEBA's Annuity Fund.

Jan. 25, 2024 ¡ª The former president of the MGM Grand casino has pleaded guilty to a federal criminal charge for failing to file reports of suspicious transactions his casino was required to make pursuant to the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), the Justice Department announced today.

Oct. 15, 2024 ¡ª Issa Asad, of Southwest Ranches, Fla., and Q Link Wireless LLC, of Dania Beach, Fla., pleaded guilty today to conspiring to defraud and commit offenses against the United States in connection with a years-long scheme to steal over $100 million from a celebrated federal program providing discounted phone service to people in need. Asad, Q Link¡¯s CEO, also pleaded guilty to laundering money from a separate scheme to defraud a different federal program meant to aid individuals and businesses hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic.

August 9, 2022 ¡ª Five individuals and two for-profit skilled nursing facilities in Southwestern Pennsylvania have been indicted by federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States and related health care fraud charges, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.

IR-2021-239, December 2, 2021 ¡ª The Internal Revenue Service, state tax agencies and the nation¡¯s tax industry today warned tax professionals that they face additional security risks from cybercriminals seeking to use the pandemic and phishing scams to steal sensitive client information.