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March 24, 2023 ¡ª U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven has sentenced Frank Sebastian Visicaro to 24 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit money laundering. As part of his sentence, the court also ordered Visicaro to pay restitution in the amount of $1,088,440, the proceeds of funds laundered through bank accounts he controlled. Visicaro had pleaded guilty on December 9, 2021.

May 15, 2025 ¡ª PORTLAND, Ore.¡ªThe owner of a local real estate investment company pleaded guilty today for his role in an $18 million fraud scheme, joining his business partner and co-owner of the company who pleaded guilty in March 2025.

March 12, 2024 ¡ª A Charlotte jury has returned a guilty verdict against two Charlotte businessmen for failing to account for and pay over to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) more than $150,000 in trust fund taxes over five quarters in 2016 and 2017. Richard Brasser and Gregroy Gentner, both of Charlotte, were convicted of multiple counts of failing to account for and pay over the trust funds taxes.

July 31, 2023 ¡ª Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Robert V. Matthews, of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in Bridgeport to 65 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy, money laundering, and tax evasion offenses related to multiple schemes that defrauded investors and financial institutions out of tens of millions of dollars.

June 14, 2023 ¡ª Timothy M. O¡¯Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Kristin Lein of Reedsburg, Wisconsin, pleaded guilty today in District Court in Madison to wire fraud, money laundering, and filing a false tax return. Lien is a licensed attorney in Wisconsin.

Feb. 9, 2024 ¡ª?A real estate developer and part-time resident of Vancouver, Washington, was sentenced to federal prison today for fraudulently obtaining Covid-relief program funds and laundering a portion of the proceeds while on federal supervised release for a previous fraud conviction.

May 11, 2023 ¡ª Shakeerah Kaneisha Yvette Vinson pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit wire fraud for fraudulently obtaining a Paycheck Protection Act ("PPP") COVID-19 loan for her real estate broker business. She faces up to 20 years in prison.

IR-2024-20, Jan. 25, 2024 ¡ª The Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service issued Notice 2024-23 announcing special relief for taxpayers impacted by recent system issues affecting the Maryland Prepaid College Trust as described in the notice.

Oct. 7, 2024 ¡ª A real estate agent was sentenced today in federal court in Boston in connection with a multiyear scheme to defraud his clients by engaging in fraudulent short sales of government and bank-owned properties to straw buyers acting at the direction of the defendant and a co-conspirator.

On May 25, 2022, President Biden signed Executive Order 14074, Advancing Effective, Accountable Policing and Criminal Justice Practices to Enhance Public Trust and Public Safety. The Executive Order instructs federal law enforcement agencies to publicly post their body-worn camera policies.