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Nov. 12, 2024 ¡ª The shadow chief executive officer of National Realty Investment Advisors LLC (NRIA) was sentenced today to 144 months in prison for orchestrating a scheme to defraud more than 2,000 investors in a $658 million Ponzi scheme and conspiring to evade millions of dollars in tax liabilities, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

March 10, 2025 ¡ª A former NFL linebacker was sentenced today to 30 months in federal prison for running a Ponzi scheme in which he defrauded victims out of more than $5 million by lying to them that he was involved in lucrative luxury real estate investments, gold mines in Alaska and Ghana, and other ventures, and promising them high rates of return on their investments.

November 2, 2023 ¡ª An Orange County tax attorney pleaded guilty yesterday for underreporting $1.68 million in income during tax years 2016 through 2018, causing a tax loss of nearly $645,000, which included funds she embezzled from a client¡¯s trust.

October 7, 2022 ¡ª A federal jury convicted a Liberty Center, Ohio man on Oct. 6 of tax evasion after he used a sham trust to help conceal three years of income he earned from his business.

May 6, 2022 ¡ª Attorney Calvin Curtis of Salt Lake City, was sentenced to serve 97 months in federal prison by a U.S. District Court Judge today. Curtis was ordered to pay $12,779,496 in restitution to the 26 victims of his crimes and sentenced to an additional three years of supervised release upon his release from federal prison.

October 13, 2022 ¡ª The president and a top officer of a real estate investment company were charged for their roles in a scheme to defraud more than 2,000 investors in a $650 million Ponzi scheme, and with conspiring to evade $26 million in tax liabilities, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.

IR-2024-104, April 10, 2024 ¡ª As part of the Dirty Dozen campaign, the Internal Revenue Service warned wealthy individuals about three tax traps designed for them by dishonest promoters and shady tax practitioners.

IR-2024-284, Oct. 29, 2024 ¡ª The IRS today announced the selection of the first Associate Chief Counsel for the newly created Passthroughs, Trusts and Estates office that will focus exclusively on partnerships, S corporations, trusts and estates. Staffing for this office will be drawn from the current Passthroughs and Special Industries office.

May 23, 2024 ¡ª An El Paso man was arrested in El Paso on criminal charges related to his alleged failure to account for and pay trust fund taxes.

June 13, 2025 ¡ª A social media finance influencer pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today to federal crimes related to a real estate Ponzi scheme.