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January 5, 2024 ¡ª The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that Dajuan Williams of Detroit, Michigan, was sentenced in the United States District Court on January 4, 2024, following his guilty plea to drug trafficking and money laundering charges described in counts 1 and 4 of the October 5, 2021 superseding indictment.

April 16, 2024 ¡ª Two New York men today admitted conspiring with others to defraud dozens of states to obtain millions of dollars of COVID-19 unemployment benefits; one of the defendants also admitted to fentanyl conspiracy and distribution and conspiring to defraud the IRS of tax credit benefits, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

IR-2024-21, Jan. 25, 2024 ¡ª The Internal Revenue Service renewed calls today for businesses to review their eligibility for the Employee Retention Credit as the agency¡¯s law enforcement arm, Criminal Investigation (CI), begins a series of educational sessions for tax professionals.

June 7, 2024 ¡ª Five individuals have been convicted by a federal jury for their roles in a $250 million fraud scheme that exploited a federally-funded child nutrition program, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.

Press releases published by IRS Criminal Investigation during July 2024.

Jan. 22, 2025 ¡ª John J. Durham, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York and Harry T. Chavis, Jr., Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation, New York (IRS-CI) announced today that Dubai-based Wall Street Exchange (WSE) entered into a non-prosecution agreement (the NPA) on Jan.19, 2025 with the United States Attorney¡¯s Office for the Eastern District of New York (the Office) and the Department of Justice¡¯s Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section (MLARS), and has agreed to pay more than $9 million to resolve a bank fraud investigation into false statements that it made to a U.S. financial institution concerning the anti-money laundering compliance of WSE and its United Kingdom (U.K.)-based subsidiary, Wall Street Forex London Limited (Forex).

Feb. 21, 2025 ¡ª Senior United States District Judge John Antoon II has sentenced Dudzinski Poole and sixteen co-conspirators to federal prison terms ranging from six years, up to life, imprisonment in a multi-state drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracy. Poole was the leader of a drug trafficking organization (DTO) that was responsible for distributing thousands of kilograms of methamphetamine and fentanyl with sources of supply or distributors in California, multiple other states, and China. The organization also laundered millions of dollars in drug money. Two of Poole¡¯s co-conspirators (Michael Chester and George King, Jr.) were convicted after a ten-day jury trial in July 2024. The rest of the defendants entered guilty pleas.

March 19, 2025 ¡ª A longtime leader of the South Los Angeles-based Rollin¡¯ 60s Neighborhood Crips street gang ¨C who also is an entertainment entrepreneur and a self-proclaimed community activist ¨C has been charged in a federal complaint alleging he ran a criminal enterprise that committed a series of racketeering crimes, including extortion, human trafficking, fraud, and the 2021 murder of an aspiring rap musician, the Justice Department announced today.

April 18, 2025 ¡ª Jovan Terrell Williams of the District of Columbia, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 180-months in federal prison in connection with the November 2023 armed carjacking of a Chevrolet Corvette and for his participation in the Kennedy Street Crew drug trafficking conspiracy.

May 3, 2024 ¡ª A federal grand jury has charged Daniel Schatt, Joseph Podulka, and James Alexander with wire fraud conspiracy and related crimes in connection with their respective roles in an alleged scheme to defraud customers and investors in Cred, LLC (Cred) allegedly causing losses of customer cryptocurrency assets with a market value that may have exceeded $780 million.