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January 26, 2023 ¡ª Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced yesterday that George Martinez was sentenced to 94 months in prison. Martinez, of Albuquerque, pleaded guilty on July 11, 2022, to 42 counts each of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft and six counts of money laundering. The Court ordered Martinez to pay $1,216,205 in restitution, and issued a forfeiture money judgment in the amount of $689,797.

June 1, 2022 ¡ª United States Attorney Bob Murray announced today that David A. Jackson, a/k/a Gerald David Jackson, a/k/a Gerald D. Roderick-Jackson of Gillette, Wyoming, was sentenced for violations of wire fraud, willful failure to collect or pay over tax, and filing a false tax return. He appeared for a sentencing hearing before United States District Court Judge Nancy D. Freudenthal on May 24, 2022. Jackson received 46 months¡¯ imprisonment for wire fraud and willful failure to collect or pay over tax to the IRS, respectively, with three years of supervised release. As to the offense of filing a false tax return, he received 36 months¡¯ imprisonment with one year of supervised release. The sentences will be served concurrently. Jackson was also ordered to pay $203,251 in restitution and a $300 special assessment.

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.

IR-2024-276, Oct. 22, 2024 ¡ª The IRS today announced the new pass-through field operations unit announced last fall has officially started work in its Large Business and International (LB&I) division to more efficiently conduct audits of pass-through entities.

April 2, 2025 ¡ª United Staes Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe announces that Daniel Tharp has pleaded guilty to the willful failure to pay taxes. Tharp faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.

Diane Mariani, of Taos, New Mexico, pleaded guilty on May 18 in federal court to willful failure to collect or pay over tax. Mariani will remain on conditions of release pending sentencing, which has not been scheduled.

September 13, 2022 ¡ª A man who evaded payment of his income taxes has been ordered to federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.

Riverside, CA ¨C The owner of Orange County-based temporary staffing companies was sentenced today to 96 months in federal prison for willfully evading the payment of nearly $30 million in taxes, penalties and interest, assessed against him to the IRS as well as causing a false tax return to be filed with the IRS as part of defendant¡¯s efforts to conceal nearly $30 million in additional tax liabilities incurred by his staffing companies.

Jan. 17, 2025 ¡ª An eight-count indictment was unsealed today charging former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, her longtime romantic partner Andre Jones, and local businessmen David Trung Duong and Andy Hung Duong with bribery offenses, and charging Andy Duong with making false statements to government agents.

October 20, 2022 ¡ª U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales obÌåÓýard has sentenced former State Attorney Jeffrey Alan Siegmeister (Live Oak) to 40 months in federal prison for conspiracy to use a facility of commerce for unlawful activity, conspiracy to commit extortion, wire fraud, and tax fraud. His co-defendant and former Dixie County Attorney Marion Michael O¡¯Steen (Old Town) has been sentenced to 44 months in federal prison for extorting a client and for failing to file a form with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network. As part of Siegmeister¡¯s sentence, the court also entered an order of forfeiture in the amount of $518,803.30, which are proceeds of the wire fraud offense. As part of O¡¯Steen¡¯s sentence, the court entered an order of forfeiture in the amount of $60,000, which are proceeds of the extortion offense, and ordered O¡¯Steen to pay a $45,000 fine.