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IR-2024-18, Jan. 22, 2024 ¡ª The Internal Revenue Service today reminded taxpayers that they must again answer a digital asset question and report all digital asset related income when they file their 2023 federal income tax return, as they did for their 2022 federal tax returns.

April 24, 2024 ¡ª A federal grand jury in Seattle returned an indictment today charging a Washington man with tax evasion and the filing of false tax returns related to a scheme to conceal income received from his commercial property business.

Feb. 29, 2024 ¡ª Augusto Alizo, pleaded guilty in federal court today to charges related to his role in a multi-million-dollar fraudulent kickback scheme, announced United States Attorney Ismail J. Ramsey and IRS Criminal Investigation (CI) Acting Special Agent in Charge Michael Mosley. The plea was accepted by the Hon. Richard Seeborg, U.S. District Judge.

February 24, 2023 ¡ª A former Detroit resident was sentenced to 4 ? years in prison for a tax fraud scheme where she sought to cheat the Internal Revenue Service and the state treasuries of six states of over $27 million in fraudulent tax refunds, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced today.

April 15, 2024 ¡ª On April 12, a Florida woman was arrested today on an indictment returned by a federal grand jury on April 4 in Miami that charged her with filing false tax returns.

September 28, 2022 ¡ª David C. Weiss, U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced that Joan Donald, of Ocean View, was sentenced today to 51 months in federal prison on federal wire fraud and tax evasion charges. Chief U.S. District Judge Colm F. Connolly pronounced sentence.

November 17, 2022 ¡ª A federal jury convicted Michigan attorney Carl L. Collins, III on Nov. 16 of willfully filing five false tax returns for himself and one of his businesses.

August 15, 2023 ¡ª U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Julie Dotton of Orchard Park, NY, pleaded guilty to willful failure to truthfully account for and pay over employment taxes before U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison.

December 21, 2023 ¡ª U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Julie Dotton, of Orchard Park, NY, who was convicted of willful failure to truthfully account for and pay over employment taxes, was sentenced four years' probation, and ordered to perform 100 hours of community service by U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. Dotton was also ordered to pay restitution of $1,585,538 to the IRS and $117,277 to the SBA.

Feb. 25, 2025 ¡ª A Chester man was sentenced today to two years in prison for willful failure to account for or pay over employment taxes.