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November 15, 2023 ¡ª A Pennsylvania man admitted to his role in a scheme to fraudulently obtain over $4.8 million in federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) for himself and others, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.

March 23, 2023 ¡ª Three years after the enactment of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) has investigated 975 tax and money laundering cases related to COVID fraud with alleged fraud in these cases totaling $3.2 billion. These cases include a broad range of criminal activity, including fraudulently obtained loans, credits and payments meant for American workers, families, and small businesses.

IR-2024-120, April 25, 2024 ¡ª The Department of Treasury and Internal Revenue Service issued final regulations today describing rules and definitions for the transfer of eligible credits in a taxable year, including specific rules for partnerships and S corporations.

FS-2024-18, May 2024 ¡ª The Internal Revenue Service reminds businesses that starting in tax year 2023 changes under the SECURE 2.0 Act may affect the amounts they need to report on their Forms W-2.

IR-2024-230, Sept. 4, 2024 ¡ª With the funding from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), the Internal Revenue Service continues to modernize online tools for taxpayers to take advantage of clean energy credits.

September 22, 2023 ¡ª A federal grand jury has returned an indictment of Dinara Sosa of Reisterstown, Maryland, and Elza Lipartiya of Landsdale, Pennsylvania, for wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit wire fraud relating to the submission of fraudulent claims for the Paycheck Protection Program (¡°PPP¡±) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (¡°EIDL¡±) benefits under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (¡°CARES¡±) Act, enacted to provide emergency financial assistance to Americans suffering from the economic effects caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The indictment was returned on August 8, 2023, and unsealed yesterday upon Sosa and Lipartiya¡¯s arrests.

October 7, 2022 ¡ª A former Tyngsborough police officer pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to bank fraud and violations of the National Firearms Act (NFA).

April 16, 2024 ¡ª The U.S. Attorney¡¯s Office for the District of New Hampshire entered into a settlement agreement with Robert Michael Waters, Jr. and Westville Remarketing, Inc, (Westville) to resolve allegations that Waters and Westville violated the False Claims Act by taking and misusing proceeds of an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) to purchase a yacht, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces.

September 28, 2023 ¡ª Albemarle Corporation (Albemarle), a publicly-traded specialty chemicals manufacturing company headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, has agreed to pay more than $218 million to resolve investigations by the U.S. Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) into violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) stemming from Albemarle's participation in corrupt schemes to pay bribes to government officials in multiple foreign countries.

December 13, 2022 ¡ª United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that Michael Ansezell Tolliver, of Monroe, Louisiana, appeared before United States District Judge Terry A. Doughty yesterday and pleaded guilty to one count of money laundering.