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July 6, 2023 ¡ª A Minneapolis tax preparer has been sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison followed by one year of supervised release, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger.

November 29, 2022 ¡ª A Minneapolis tax preparer has pleaded guilty to federal tax violations, announced United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger.

Dec. 6, 2024 ¡ª Troy Benjamin Bittner of Myrtle Beach, was sentenced to more than three years in federal prison after pleading guilty to wire fraud and filing a false tax return.

November 29, 2023 ¡ª U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven has sentenced Adetunji Adejumo of Oklahoma City, OK to 33 months in prison and Ibrahim Jinadu of Atlanta, GA to 27 months in prison for their roles in a transnational tax fraud scheme. Both had previously pleaded guilty for their roles in this case. A third conspirator, Olufemi Odedeyi of London, UK is pending extradition from the United Kingdom for his role in the scheme. All three individuals were arrested in September 2021.

IR-2024-88, April 2, 2024 ¡ª With the April 15 tax deadline approaching, the IRS reminds taxpayers there is still time file their federal income tax return electronically and request direct deposit.

IR-2021-233, November 19, 2021 ¡ª With the 2022 tax season and the holidays rapidly approaching, the Internal Revenue Service, state tax agencies and the nation's tax industry today announced a special week focusing attention on taxpayers protecting sensitive financial information against identity thieves.

Sept. 19, 2024 ¡ª A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging Kristopher Thomas, Charmane Dozier, Kettisha Thompson-Dozier, and Sharon Vance with conspiracy to commit tax fraud, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.

IR-2024-302, Dec. 3, 2024 ¡ª The Internal Revenue Service and the Security Summit partners issued a consumer alert today about the growing threat of bad tax advice on social media that continues to dupe people into filing inaccurate tax returns.

May 12, 2022 ¡ª A Salem man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston in connection with orchestrating two fraud schemes involving COVID-19 relief funds and tax returns submitted using stolen identities.

Cumulative statistics comparing December 31, 2021 and December 30, 2022