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June 17, 2025 ¡ª Charlotte, NC ¨C Michelle Wilshire, of Hickory, NC, was sentenced today to 46 months in prison followed by two years of supervised release for embezzling more than $900,000 from her employer, announced Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.

Jan. 23, 2025 ¡ª The former Assistant Chief Engineer of Facilities for Keolis Commuter Services (Keolis) pleaded guilty today to defrauding Keolis of over $8 million and to defrauding the IRS.

November 18, 2023 ¡ª Former Massachusetts State Senator Dean Tran was arrested today and charged in federal court in Boston with allegedly scheming to defraud the Massachusetts Department of Unemployment Assistance and collecting income that he failed to report to the IRS.

April 18, 2025 ¡ª The former Assistant Chief Engineer of Facilities for Keolis Commuter Services (Keolis) was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for defrauding Keolis of over $8.5 million and for defrauding the IRS of over $2.6 million.

November 2, 2023 ¡ª A man who conspired with others to distribute methamphetamine and commit money laundering was convicted by a jury on November 2, 2023, after a four-day trial in federal court in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

April 29, 2025 ¡ª Three Rhode Island men have been charged in federal court in Providence for their alleged roles in a conspiracy to steal and sell hundreds of thousands of dollars¡¯ worth of catalytic converters, announced Acting United States Attorney Sara Miron Bloom.

IR-2023-135, July 26, 2023 ¡ª With the IRS making substantial progress in the ongoing effort related to the Employee Retention Credit claims, Commissioner Danny Werfel said the agency has entered a new phase of increasing scrutiny on dubious submissions while renewing consumer warnings against aggressive marketing.

IR-2023-105, May 25, 2023 ¡ª As aggressive marketing continues; the IRS today renewed an alert for businesses to watch out for tell-tale signs of misleading claims involving the Employee Retention Credit.

National and local Criminal Investigation press releases.

February 24, 2023 ¡ª The United States Attorney¡¯s Office for the District of Colorado announces Richard Rejan Nieto, formerly of Morrison, has been indicted on three counts of wire fraud and five counts of money laundering for taking money that he received as a result of fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) applications he submitted.