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March 5, 2025 ¡ª Joseph Twilley of Detroit, was sentenced to just over 13 years in prison. United States District Judge Laurie J. Michelson sentenced the Detroit-based leader for overseeing a drug trafficking network that distributed kilograms of cocaine, fentanyl, and heroin; laundering his drug money; and possessing firearms despite being a convicted felon, announced Acting United States Attorney Julie Beck.

July 26, 2022 ¡ª Timothy Edmunds, the former financial secretary treasurer of Local 412 of the United Auto Workers union, was sentenced to 57 months in prison today based on his convictions for embezzling $2.1 million in union funds and for money laundering announced U.S. Attorney Dawn N. Ison.

October 4, 2022 ¡ª A Bay Area man and former FBI special agent was found guilty today by a federal jury of conspiring to accept at least $150,000 in cash bribes and other items of value in exchange for providing sensitive law enforcement information to a corrupt lawyer with ties to Armenian organized crime.

IR-2022-160, September 20, 2022 ¡ª The Internal Revenue Service has selected eight new members for the Electronic Tax Administration Advisory Committee (ETAAC).

October 20, 2022 ¡ª U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales obÌåÓýard has sentenced former State Attorney Jeffrey Alan Siegmeister (Live Oak) to 40 months in federal prison for conspiracy to use a facility of commerce for unlawful activity, conspiracy to commit extortion, wire fraud, and tax fraud. His co-defendant and former Dixie County Attorney Marion Michael O¡¯Steen (Old Town) has been sentenced to 44 months in federal prison for extorting a client and for failing to file a form with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network. As part of Siegmeister¡¯s sentence, the court also entered an order of forfeiture in the amount of $518,803.30, which are proceeds of the wire fraud offense. As part of O¡¯Steen¡¯s sentence, the court entered an order of forfeiture in the amount of $60,000, which are proceeds of the extortion offense, and ordered O¡¯Steen to pay a $45,000 fine.

March 24, 2025 ¡ª Five defendants have been sentenced to a total of 70 years in federal prison for their roles in a large methamphetamine, cocaine, and fentanyl trafficking conspiracy. The sentences were imposed by U.S. District Judge Richard L. Young.

Nov. 19, 2024 ¡ª An Eden Prairie man has been sentenced to 87 months in federal prison, three years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay restitution for fraudulently applying for more than $2.1 million in COVID-19 relief funds and then spending those proceeds on himself, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger.

Dec. 4, 2024 ¡ª A resident of Barceloneta, Puerto Rico, was sentenced in federal court to 10 years of incarceration, to be followed by five years of supervised release, on his conviction for violating federal narcotics and racketeering laws, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today.

Nov. 5, 2024 ¡ª Joshua L. Wolfe of Givens, pleaded guilty today to two counts of failure to pay a tax and failure to file an income tax return.

Nov. 13, 2024 ¡ª The U.S. Attorney¡¯s Office for the District of Colorado announces that Kimberly Ann Tew of Denver, Colorado was sentenced to 48 months in prison, and Michael Tew of Denver, Colorado was sentenced to 42 months for their roles in a wire fraud scheme that defrauded National Air Cargo, a logistics company and contractor for the Department of Defense.