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Nov. 20, 2024 ¡ª Two Florida men were sentenced today for their involvement in the ¡°Note Program,¡± a tax fraud scheme. Jasen Harvey, of Tampa, was sentenced to 48 months in prison and Christopher Johnson, of Orlando, was sentenced to 37 months in prison for conspiring to defraud the United States.

Jan. 3, 2025 ¡ª Shakeel Kahn was sentenced to 25 years in prison with five years of supervised release to follow for crimes involving drug distribution, firearms possession, and money laundering.

Jan. 13, 2025 ¡ª United States Attorney Gregory J. Haanstad announced that on Jan. 8, 2025, Senior United States District Judge William C. Griesbach accepted the guilty plea of Douglas Larson to one count of failure to truthfully account for and pay over employment taxes to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), in violation of 26 U.S.C. ¡ì 7202.

December 27, 2023 ¡ª A resident of Blandburg, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 25 months of imprisonment followed by two years of supervised release on her conviction for violating federal narcotics laws related to a nine-month Title III wiretap investigation into drug trafficking in and around the counties of Jefferson, Clearfield, and Allegheny, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today.

Feb. 23, 2024 ¡ª A group of Mississippi tax return preparers were sentenced to prison yesterday for charges related to a conspiracy to prepare and file false tax returns for clients in Jackson, Mississippi.

September 12, 2023 ¡ª A Kansas City, Mo., day care owner has pleaded guilty in federal court to her role in a conspiracy that resulted in a $653,329 tax loss to the federal government, as well as fraudulently collecting almost $120,000 in government benefits she was not entitled to receive.

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

KY-2024-02, June 7, 2024 ¡ª The Internal Revenue Service announced today tax relief for individuals and businesses in Kentucky that were affected by severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes, landslides, and mudslides that began on April 2, 2024. These taxpayers now have until Nov. 1, 2024, to file various federal individual and business tax returns and make tax payments.

WV-2024-03, June 7, 2024 ¡ª The IRS announced today tax relief for individuals and businesses in West Virginia that were affected by severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes, flooding, landslides, and mudslides that began on April 2, 2024. These taxpayers now have until Nov. 1, 2024, to file various federal individual and business tax returns and make tax payments.

WV-2024-04, July 10, 2024 ¡ª The Internal Revenue Service announced today tax relief for individuals and businesses in West Virginia that were affected by severe storms, flooding, landslides, and mudslides that began on April 11, 2024.