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May 31, 2023 ¡ª Kourosh Mirmehdi 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 Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) Special Agent in Charge Darren Lian. The plea was accepted by the Hon. Richard Seeborg, U.S. District Judge.

Feb. 22, 2024 ¡ª A Nelson County, Kentucky, man was sentenced yesterday to 9 years and 2 months in prison for charges related to bank fraud and money laundering.

Oct. 22, 2024 ¡ª A Florida woman was sentenced today to one year and one day in prison, one year of supervised release, and ordered to pay approximately $485,290.03 in restitution to the United States for filing false tax returns with the IRS to obtain tax refunds.

August 17, 2022 ¡ª Darryl Brent Waltz, of Greenwood, Indiana, and John Keeler, of Indianapolis, were each sentenced today for devising and participating in election finance schemes. Waltz pleaded guilty to receiving fictitious donations and for lying and misleading FBI agents who were investigating these illegal contributions and was sentenced to ten months in federal prison. Keeler pleaded guilty to causing the filing of a false tax return and was sentenced to two months in federal prison.

March 28, 2024 ¡ª A former state representative and her longtime friend are facing federal charges for long-term scheme to defraud the U.S. government. Sheryl Williams Stapleton, of Albuquerque, and Joseph Johnson, of Chantilly, Virginia, are schedule to appear in federal court for an initial appearance on April 9, 2024.

November 7, 2023 ¡ª Phillip Timothy obÌåÓýard, of Tallahassee, Florida, was sentenced to fourteen years in federal prison after previously pleading guilty to racketeering (RICO). The sentence was announced by Jason R. Coody, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.

Aug. 7, 2024 ¡ª A Florida woman pleaded guilty today to filing false tax returns with the IRS to fraudulently obtain tax refunds.

Dec. 12, 2024 ¡ª A Marina del Rey woman has been sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for preparing and filing false tax returns for her clients and for not reporting her income generated from this complex, multi-year scheme, IRS Criminal Investigation announced today.

December 19, 2023 ¡ª A federal grand jury in Greenbelt, Maryland, returned a superseding indictment, unsealed last week, charging a Maryland man and a Texas man with conspiracy to defraud the United States, filing false income tax returns, aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns and theft of government funds. The Maryland man is also separately charged with tax evasion, willful failure to file income tax returns and bank fraud.

September 22, 2022 ¡ª A Beverly Hills man ¨C whose sons pleaded guilty earlier this month to felonies for defrauding COVID-relief programs ¨C pleaded guilty today to a federal criminal charge for fraudulently seeking more than $6.7 million in COVID-related small business loans for more than half a dozen fake companies.