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Feb. 27, 2025 ¡ª Sedita Charles Cayson of Panacea, Florida, was sentenced to 14 months in federal prison after being found guilty of five counts of willfully failing to file his income tax returns for tax years 2017-2021, at the conclusion of a prior day-and-a-half bench trial.

April 9, 2025 ¡ª A federal grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia, returned an indictment yesterday charging a Virginia man with obstructing the IRS and willfully failing to file tax returns.

April 24, 2025 ¡ª Marc H. Silverman, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that James Blose of Fairfield, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to 48 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for offenses stemming from a decade-long embezzlement scheme at banks where he served as General Counsel and held other high-ranking positions.

June 27, 2023 ¡ª A federal judge today sentenced a suburban Chicago attorney to more than three years in prison for fraudulently enabling her brother to conceal more than $357,000 from creditors and the trustee in his bankruptcy case.

August 4, 2022 ¡ª The former mayor of Richardson, Texas, and a land developer whom she married after the federal investigation began, have been sentenced for their public corruption convictions in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.

Jan. 24, 2025 ¡ª The Justice Department announced today that KBWB Operations LLC, which did business as Atrium Health and Senior Living (KBWB-Atrium), and former Chief Executive Officer and Managing Member Kevin Breslin of KBWB-Atrium, both pleaded guilty to one count of health care fraud and one count of tax conspiracy related to the operation of numerous skilled nursing facilities.

April 24, 2025 ¡ª Former Detroit Riverfront Conservancy chief financial officer William A. Smith was sentenced to 19 years in prison today for embezzling over $40 million from his employer over an eleven-year period, announced Acting United States Attorney Julie Beck. Smith was also sentenced to a three-year term of supervised release, ordered to pay approximately $44.3 million in restitution, and ordered to forfeit ill-gotten gains that were traceable to his scheme.

December 7, 2023 ¡ª United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that John Dougherty of Philadelphia, PA and Brian Burrows of Mount Laurel, NJ, were convicted today by a federal jury of numerous charges related to their embezzlement of funds belonging to Local 98 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (Local 98).

Dec. 20, 2024 ¡ª James Blose of Fairfield waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today in New Haven federal court to offenses stemming from a decade-long embezzlement scheme at banks where he served as General Counsel and held other high-ranking positions.

September 15, 2022 ¡ª Shawn Edward Good of Wilmington, pleaded guilty today for his role in a $7 million dollar investment fraud scheme. Good pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering and faces up to 360 months in prison.