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April 13, 2023 ¡ª A school contractor pleaded guilty today to bribing and conspiring with Albert Morrison, the former school board president of Madison District Public Schools, in a half-million dollar pay to play scheme, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced.

May 1, 2023 ¡ª Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, Jamie DePaepe, Andy Tsui, Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation Denver Field Office, and Special Agent in Charge of the Department of the Interior (DOI) Office of Inspector General, announced that William Ross Badoni and Elroy Harry made initial appearances in federal court on April 27 and April 25 on an indictment charging them with conspiracy to commit federal program fraud. The indictment also charges Badoni with one count of committing theft or bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds and eight counts of laundering of monetary instruments. Badoni, of Shiprock, and Harry, of Aztec, will remain on conditions of release pending trial, which has not been scheduled.

May 10, 2023 ¡ª A 13-count indictment was unsealed today in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York charging George Anthony Devolder Santos, better known as ¡°George Santos,¡± a United States Congressman representing the Third District of New York, with seven counts of wire fraud, three counts of money laundering, one count of theft of public funds, and two counts of making materially false statements to the House of Representatives.

IR-2024-249, Sept. 30, 2024 ¡ª The Internal Revenue Service requested public comments on draft Form 7217 and Instructions for draft Form 7217 today.

Oct. 24, 2024 ¡ª A Morris County, New Jersey, man and former general counsel for a large public corporation, was sentenced today to eight months in prison for willfully failing to file federal income tax returns, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

April 25, 2023 ¡ª The former school board president of the Madison District Public Schools pleaded guilty today to taking bribes from a local school contractor in a pay-to-play scheme and to tax evasion, United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison announced.

November 30, 2022 ¡ª Announcement of the unsealing of a Complaint charging Rodney Smith, Denise Gant, Ebony Simon, Phya Scott, Priscilla Jackson, Sharon Charles, Yolanda Lawrence, Yolanda Ratcliff, and Zhane RatclIff with conspiring to commit wire fraud by submitting fraudulent SBA loan applications, as well as Complaints charging Brandon Boyle, Delilah Cummings, Vashawn Foreman, Trevor Gordon, Dione Hall, Toni Mccullough, Jarod Ottley, Ronette Short, Edwin Skepple, and Walter Susswell individually with wire fraud for submitting fraudulent loans under the SBA's Economic Injury Disaster Loan ("EIDL") program and/or its Paycheck Protection Program ("PPP").

IR-2024-171, June 21, 2024 ¡ª The Internal Revenue Service today announced the release of draft Form 6765, Credit for Increasing Research Activities, also known as the Research Credit.

IR-2022-58, March 15, 2022 ¡ª In an effort to provide American taxpayers with the service they deserve, the Internal Revenue Service announced today the latest expansion of its multilingual products, Braille, text, audio and large print products are now available in Spanish.

Feb. 21, 2025 ¡ª A federal grand jury returned a 32-count superseding indictment charging Zubair Mehmet Abdur Razzaq Al Zubair, recently of Bratenahl, Ohio, his brother Muzzammil Muhammad Al Zubair recently of Pepper Pike, Ohio, and their associate Michael Leon Smedley, 56, of Cleveland, with multiple fraud, tax fraud, money laundering, and public corruption schemes. The initial 22-count indictment was issued Jan. 24, 2024.