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May 2, 2023 ¡ª A Louisiana man was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for money laundering in connection with a fraudulent scheme to obtain more than $1.1 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) Program loans.

March 3, 2023 ¡ª U.S. District Judge Lydia Kay Griggsby sentenced Robert A. DiNoto, of Huntington, New York, late yesterday to one year of incarceration to be served as six months in federal prison and six months of home detention, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, in connection with a fraudulent billing scheme involving a manufacturing company with facilities in Harford County, Maryland. Judge Griggsby also ordered DiNoto to pay restitution and to forfeit a total of $514,352.

Press releases published by Criminal Investigation in February 2023.

Press releases published by IRS-Criminal Investigation in December 2024.

June 13, 2024 ¡ª In observance of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day June 15, 2024, the IRS Criminal Investigation¡¯s Charlotte Field Office is promoting fraud awareness to senior citizens in the community and their families.

April 12, 2024 ¡ª The final two members of a massive conspiracy to bilk TRICARE, the military¡¯s healthcare program, out of more than $65 million have been sentenced in federal court.

March 10, 2025 ¡ª On Feb. 21, Texas pharmacist Dehshid ¡°David¡± Nourian of Plano, was sentenced to 17 years and six months in prison and ordered to pay over $115 million in restitution for his role in a $145 million scheme to defraud the Department of Labor through the submission of fraudulent claims for prescription compound creams. On March 6, the court also forfeited $405 million in assets tied to Nourian¡¯s fraud and money laundering schemes.

Monthly Criminal Investigation press release archive for December 2023

November 10, 2023 ¡ª A 16-count indictment and 16-count superseding indictment were unsealed in federal court in Brooklyn charging Indonesian national Francius Marganda with securities fraud, wire fraud, money laundering and related conspiracy counts for running a Ponzi scheme from May 2019 to May 2021 that targeted hundreds of victim investors residing in more than 12 states including New York and in Indonesia. Marganda was extradited to the Eastern District of New York from Signapore yesterday and will be arraigned on November 13, 2023 before United States Chief Magistrate Judge Lois Bloom.

Monthly Criminal Investigation press release archive for June 2024.